And not the site of a 180-foot cellular telephone tower.
The Otis Select Board voted during a Zoom conference Tuesday night to reject a proposed 180-foot tower off Churchill Road. Though the boardâs chairman kept open the possibility of further talks with Verizon Wireless, the proposed towerâs operator, member Larry Southard made clear his opposition to any tower rising on town land at Big Pond.
âI think the site needs to go away,â Southard said.
The decision ends more than four months of debate that routinely drew more than 100 residents to Zoom sessions, including as many as 120 on Tuesday.
Kayakers enjoy Big Pond in Otis, the proposed site of a cellular telephone tower that is opposed by residents of the neighborhood. Otis is seeking proposals to erect a tower on town-owned land. Officials say they hope to close a gap in cellular phone service. Neighbors are worried about their property values and the look of a tower near the pond. EAGLE FILE PHOTO
OTIS â A balloon will be flown at a height of 180 feet near Big Pond in Otis for four hours Wednesday â the first visual test of how a new cellular telephone tower would change the rural landscape.