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sion of its permit to build the towers. The board initially approved the Sprint celltower system in November 2001, and last November granted a one-year extension to permit the company to complete required federal reviews of environmental and historical impact of the tower construction. Those reviews are now nearly complete, said Sprint attorney James Michal, and Sprint wants to begin building as soon as possible.
Asked when Sprint will begin construction, Michal responded: “I am hopeful, but I cannot promise, that we will have by the first half of next year the ability to begin construction.”
That will depend on completing final negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission on the proposed tower in Amissville, which he said would be reduced to 175 feet from the original 199-foot height. He also said Sprint has asked the FCC for permission to begin work on the other six towers while working out final details on the Amissville site.
“Sprint has acted diligently over the past year trying to shake these approvals out of the FCC,” Michal said. Sprint has spent “tens of
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