Plans For Cell Phone Towers Near Schools On Hold

September 5, 2019 3:06 am

CANONSBURG, Pa. (WPXI) – A communications company has withdrawn its plan to add a cell tower near schools in Washington County. Parents voiced their health concerns they had about the project. The North Strabane Zoning hearing board meeting on Wednesday was filled with residents wanting to stop the building of the tower. In August, Crown Castle Communications submitted an application to do just that. The company wanted to install a communications Antenna next door to Borland Manor Elementary and North Strabane Intermediate School. On Wednesday, Castle Communications withdrew its application. Castle Communications released a statement late Wednesday night: “Because the regulation of public utilities in the right-of-way lies solely with the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, Crown Castle hereby revokes its application due to lack of jurisdiction by the Zoning Hearing Board”