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Bryce Canyon National Park Opens Comment Period For New Cellular Tower

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By NPT Staff - September 29th, 2017

This image shows the view from Inspiration Park in Bryce Canyon National Park. Two possible locations for a proposed cell tower are shown; insets provide potential tower designs: a lattice tower on the left and a ‘mono-pine’ on the right/NPS

Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah is considering the issuance of separate right-of-way permits to Verizon Wireless and South Central Communications to install a cellular telecommunications tower and fiber-optic utility right-of-way in the park.

The National Park Service is required by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to consider all applications for the installation of wireless communication facilities on NPS lands. The park is preparing an Environment Assessment for this proposal and invites you to participate by providing your thoughts on the alternatives being considered and potential issues and impacts.

In the fall of 2015, Verizon Wireless, in partnership with South Central Communications, approached the NPS with a proposal of installing a fiber optic connected cell tower in the area known as “Science Hill” near Inspiration Point, where it could provide improved service to Bryce Canyon Lodge, Sunset Point, and the trails within the canyon below.

All three locations have poor or zero coverage from all cellular providers.

The EA will evaluate the impacts and explore mitigation measures applicable to building a single cell tower in the developed region of Bryce Canyon National Park. Potential sites being considered include a location near Science Hill, and a location near the Manzanita Dorm adjacent to the old NPS Historic District.

Comments on the proposal are being taken through October 30. You can find additional details of the proposal, and a page to make a comment, on this site.

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Submitted by iamthedarkranger on October 3, 2017 - 2:27pm.

Thanks for the Larson Camo URL Ecbuck!. Those look great.  Hopefully you made a similar comment at the public scoping URL as the best thing about mono-pines is that tower companies / service providers CANNOT install backhaul dishes (huge white mircowave dishes that look like kettle drums) on mono-pines.  It you want a quality eyesore, then get a lattice tower installed and then landowner CANNOT refuse the addition of backhaul dishes once tower is build because of this rule Section 1455(a) of the Communications Act, 


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