WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The cell phone tower proposed in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., could withstand winds up to 115 mph before the steel would start to fail, an independent engineer testified Wednesday.
That would drop to 105 mph if the tower were coated in ice, according to Joshua M. Carney, a representative of C.S. Davidson Inc.
"Back in the early '90s ... I think they said it got up to 90 miles per hour," said Elaine Gladhill, a Washington Township supervisor who lives on the mountain.
Questions about structural issues and the tower's base dominated a several-hour hearing Wednesday in the township. Liberty Towers of Rockville, Md., has proposed an approximately 200-foot tower at 15387 Jacobs Church Road, not far from Pa. 16.