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On Sept. 19 we have a
chance to protect Rappahannock’s scenic and historic treasures from a proposed cellular communications structure adjacent to the Tbwn of Washington.
A proposal by Sprint before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors would build a huge industrial silo, 90 feet high and 20 feet wide, just south of US 211 on Brooke Miller’s property on a hill without trees to screen it. This is between the Main Street and Mt. Salem Ave. entrances to Washington. A 40 feet high existing agricultural silo would be demolished and replaced by an industrial facility four times it’s mass to contain the communications equipment.
No silos in Rappahannock are 90 feet high, and this structure would not look agricultural and thus be inconsistent with the rural landscape. There are no such cell silos in Virginia, Maryland or North Carolina.
Residents and visitors to our historic town, an economic mainstay of the county, would have their tourism experience blighted.
Also, the facility would likely be seen in town,
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