Concord Township supervisors approved the cell tower request by AT&T during the board’s May 6 meeting. The board also approved a request for a grant for a feasibility study on the Rails to Trails network.
The cell tower will go up on 725 Smithbridge Road near Temple Road. As previously reported, it will be 140 feet tall and will be able to handle three other carriers as well as emergency services’ broadcast needs.
This was the third site considered for the tower. Other locations were denied because of neighbor objections and because one of the possible locations was too close to an historic site.
Concord Township, in conjunction with Chester Heights Borough, has applied for a grant — $40,000 for each of the municipalities — to pay for a feasibility study regarding a trail along the old Octorara Rail Line.
The grant is through the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural resources. Township engineer Nate Cline said it would take until November or December before they learn whether the township will receive the money.
Dominic Pileggi, chairman of the Concord Board of Supervisors, said the township only committing to the study, nothing more. He said he knows Rails to Trails has been controversial in the past because the rail easement went through private properties. This study, he said, would identify which properties are involved in Concord and Chester Heights.
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Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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