Cell towers raise concerns in several West Island communities
plans by Rogers Communications Inc. to set up a cell phone tower in a residential neighborhood in their town.
The tower would be less than 50 feet high, but locals are worried about the potential long-term effects of having it so close to their homes.
Joanne Shea, a resident of Morris Ave. in Dorval, lives next to where the tower would be set up. She says the tower is an eyesore, but more than that, there are health concerns about the radio frequencies the towers would emit.
"It's becoming much more public, the harm that cell phones can cause," Shea said. "They're saying they can cause brain cancer, they can cause ovarian cancer, so why, if a tiny cell phone can cause that kind of cancer, what can a huge tower that's bringing in waves and sending out waves 24/7 [cause]?"
She also concerned that on her dead-end street, kids can have access to it and play around it.
"There's definitely going to be an accident of some sort. Somebody's going to end up with stitches."
And she adds, it'll be a magnet for graffiti taggers, magnifying the ugly factor.
The city and the phone company are still in talks to resolve the issue. One of the things that had been discussed was moving the tower near the Sarto Desnoyers Community Centre. Rogers agreed, but only if the city of Dorval would pay an $80,000 moving bill, which the city is refusing to do.
Currently, there are similar outcries over planned cell phone towers in other West Island communities, including Beaconsfield, Kirkland and Pointe Claire.
The tower would be less than 50 feet high, but locals are worried about the potential long-term effects of having it so close to their homes.
Joanne Shea, a resident of Morris Ave. in Dorval, lives next to where the tower would be set up. She says the tower is an eyesore, but more than that, there are health concerns about the radio frequencies the towers would emit.
"It's becoming much more public, the harm that cell phones can cause," Shea said. "They're saying they can cause brain cancer, they can cause ovarian cancer, so why, if a tiny cell phone can cause that kind of cancer, what can a huge tower that's bringing in waves and sending out waves 24/7 [cause]?"
She also concerned that on her dead-end street, kids can have access to it and play around it.
"There's definitely going to be an accident of some sort. Somebody's going to end up with stitches."
And she adds, it'll be a magnet for graffiti taggers, magnifying the ugly factor.
The city and the phone company are still in talks to resolve the issue. One of the things that had been discussed was moving the tower near the Sarto Desnoyers Community Centre. Rogers agreed, but only if the city of Dorval would pay an $80,000 moving bill, which the city is refusing to do.
Currently, there are similar outcries over planned cell phone towers in other West Island communities, including Beaconsfield, Kirkland and Pointe Claire.
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