KEENE TOWERS

Verizon Wireless is nearing completion on plans to put two cell towers in the Town of Keene along Route 73.

Neither tower has been brought to APA staff for analysis, but town officials are hopeful the plan will begin review in the next few months.

Future Route 73 tower locations are sited near the water tower in the hamlet of Keene and near a fallen-in storage building at the Neighborhood House in Keene Valley.

Supervisor Bill Ferebee (R-Keene) said the final paperwork is being pulled together on lease agreements.

“We’re very close to completion of paperwork to be filed with APA,” he said Friday.

Lease payments at the water tower would benefit the Keene Water District. And lease payments for the tower in Keene Valley would go to the Neighborhood House.

VERIZON BUSY

Verizon spokesman John O’Malley said that, so far, four of the planned 13 new towers for the Northway corridor have been submitted for APA staff review.

“The others will be submitted individually as they are ready.”

The Keene towers, which would add coverage from the I-87 exit in Hudson along Route 73 through the Chapel Pond corridor and the Cascade pass to Lake Placid, have not been brought to the APA.