Livingston County, in the western part of New York State, will soon be gaining a new emergency communications radio tower. The cell tower will join eight other units already in service providing coverage to county emergency personnel including police, firefighters, EMS, probation officers, and the county highway patrol. As FingerLakes.com reports, the $1,207,837 in necessary funding is coming from a Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant Program.
“The tower’s biggest benefit is that we are providing better radio coverage for our first responders in the field,” stated Amanda Schultz, Director of Communications for the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office. “This new tower will help with radio coverage issues on the State Route 63 corridor by the salt mine and south into Dansville, along with the State Route 408 issues around Mt. Morris and the Interstate 390 corridor.”
When completed, the tower is expected to stand 120 feet tall. It will be erected near the County’s Emergency Operations Center in Mount Morris. The cell tower photo on the County’s website suggests the new tower will be lattice style in design, notes FingerLakes.com.
Construction is expected to begin later this year with an anticipated completion date in early 2023, weather permitting. When completed, the project will include the tower itself, the equipment needed to operate the tower, and an enclosed ground level shelter to house the equipment.
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