After months of deliberations, T-Mobile has been allowed to build a tower in Forest Lakes.
Everyone wants a cellphone but not everyone wants towers that send and receive signals anywhere near them. That’s the problem La Plata County found itself with when T-Mobile decided to build a tower there.
Some activist groups and citizens fear that network infrastructure poses health risks. This is what happened when communication towers builder Fidelity Towers expressed the intention to construct a 150-foot monopole to house T-Mobile equipment in the Forest Lakes division.
During a 90-minute meeting on October 15, citizens opposed the idea, claiming the tower would cause visual pollution. Additionally, they also talked about health concerns, though the evidence presented was not convincing enough.
