Plan for New Cell Tower In Northwest New Canaan Gains Support - New Canaan, CT - AT&T told the town that it will join an application for a new tower on upper Ponus Ridge Road.
Panoramic photo of 1837 Ponus Ridge. The hilly property rises in a wood of tall trees as it runs back from the corner of Ponus Ridge at Dan s Highway, opposite the Laurel Reservoir. Credit: Michael Dinan
In a major step toward improved cell service in northwestern New Canaan, the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday voted 3-0 to approve a license agreement with a wireless infrastructure company to bring a cell tower to a wooded 5.16-acre parcel on upper Ponus Ridge.
Facing north on Ponus Ridge on the approach to number 1837. The proposed cell tower will be located in the woods on the right. Credit: Michael Dinan
First Selectman Kevin Moynihan. Contributed
Most of the first quarter of 2020 was what we now recall fondly as “normal”. We began the year debating topics that seemed important, like whether later school start times would be healthier for our older students, and whether we might improve our town’s competitiveness and real estate values by increasing the frequency of, or at least by reducing the travel time for, trains to Manhattan.
The last nine months of 2020 was dominated by the COVID virus. 2020 will always be the year we learned the meaning of strange new terms like “pandemic”, “quarantine” and “contact tracing”.