{"id":5583,"date":"2014-09-22T19:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T02:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5583"},"modified":"2015-02-06T19:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T02:31:22","slug":"proposed-cell-phone-tower-in-west-kelowna-runs-into-neighbourhood-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=5583","title":{"rendered":"Proposed cell phone tower in West Kelowna runs into neighbourhood interference"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By\u00a0Global News \u00a0\u00a0September 22, 2014\u00a05:11 pm<\/p>\n

A proposal to improve cell phone communications in West Kelowna is creating static in a Mount Boucherie neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Rogers Communications wants to build a 20 metre cell phone tower in a vineyard of a small winery.<\/p>\n

Some nearby residents are concerned about the visual impacts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt spoils the view I have in front of my house. Any time I go out, I\u2019d be starring at this thing,\u201d says Trevor Bumby.<\/p>\n

There is also concern about possible ill health effects of radio frequency radiation coming from the tower.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd another thing is the value of my house, it\u2019s going to go down,\u201d says Ivona Shchurek.<\/p>\n

And there are complaints Rogers didn\u2019t notify many nearby residents of its proposed communications tower.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re trying to get it in the back door without anyone noticing it and it bothers me,\u201d says Sandy Dore.<\/p>\n

Close to 200 names have been collected on a neighbourhood petition opposing the proposed tower.<\/p>\n

A Rogers spokesperson says the project is still in the consultation phase and the company encourages residents to provide their feedback.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir views are very important to us \u2013 we\u2019ll review the results of the consultation and will determine if an alternate site might better serve the community\u2019s needs,\u201d says Jennifer Kett in an email statement to Global Okanagan News.<\/p>\n

Kett also adds: \u201cTo make the tower less noticeable, we\u2019ve proposed a thin monopole design that\u2019s uses camouflaging techniques to help it blend into the community\u2019s backdrop.\u201d<\/p>\n

The District of West Kelowna council will provide Rogers its input into the proposed tower but final approval is up to Industry Canada.<\/p>\n

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By\u00a0Global News \u00a0\u00a0September 22, 2014\u00a05:11 pm A proposal to improve cell phone communications in West Kelowna is creating static in a Mount Boucherie neighbourhood. Rogers Communications wants to build a 20 metre cell phone tower in a vineyard of a small winery. Some nearby residents are concerned about the visual impacts. \u201cIt spoils the view […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,103,28,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bc","category-canada","category-cell-tower","category-kelowna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5583\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}