New Cell Tower Turns Heads in Elmwood Township
By Art Bukowski | Oct. 16, 2026
A new communications tower in Elmwood Township is turning heads, though its installation appears to be far less contentious than those proposed elsewhere in the county.
Crews were working Thursday to install equipment atop a 180-foot tower on township property across M-22 from Greilickville Harbor Park. They've worked over the past several weeks to install the monopole-style tower, which stands on its own without any guy wires.
“It’s designed to collapse directly down on itself in the event that something were to happen; they don’t fall over,” Elmwood Township Supervisor Jeff Shaw tells The Ticker. “So that makes it safer and gives it a much smaller footprint.”
Shaw says the …
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