Cell Tower Hearing To Continue Wednesday

An application to build a cell tower on Belmar Boulevard is scheduled to be heard Wednesday at the Board of Adjustment’s regular meeting.

The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at town hall, 2700 Alliare Road.

T-Mobile, based in Bellevue, Wash., wants to build a 150-foot tower at 5100 Belmar Boulevard, just west of Route 34. Representatives for the company have previously testified that the tower is needed to close gaps in the company's coverage area.

T-Mobile has two other open applications for proposed towers at 3304 Belmar Blvd., near the Glendola Firehouse, and at 1817 Old Mill Rd. The company has eight cell towers either existing or proposed in town.

T-Mobile, like all cellular providers, is under orders by the Federal Communications Commission to provide a reliable network and the towers in each location will fill current gaps in its coverage, thereby satisfying the company's federal mandate, T-mobile engineer Gary Alcon has said.