Government
BY AUBREY HOWELL
City of Fulshear sees continued progress on improving area cell service
Cell tower progress
Existing Underway Proposed
JORDAN CROSSING BLVD.
S. FIREHORN DR.
Progress continues on improving the city of Fulshear’s cell service, city o cials said. What’s happening? At an April 21 meeting, Fulshear City Council approved a speci c use permit and lease agree- ment for the installation of a Verizon antenna within the Pecan Knoll elevated storage tank. The approval comes as the city continues its multi-year charge to advocate for greater cell coverage after residents have called with concerns about connectivity, which providers say is due to overloaded capacity on existing towers. Zooming in Fulshear o cials shared the progress of towers as of May 6, with updates from contractors as follows: • Cross Creek Bend Water Plant: Facing internal
delay with Verizon • FM 1093 Water Plant: Construction set to commence within a few weeks • Primrose Park: Construction to begin June 13 • Eagle Landing: Tower is installed with plans to go online in June • Pecan Knoll Antenna: Waiting on permit application but anticipates being online by end of summer • Tamarron Water Reclamation Facility: Complete and online • Rogers Road: Online Also of note Towers are built and leased out by indi- vidual contractors to cell companies, and revenue is shared with the city, City Manager
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SOURCE: CITY OF FULSHEAR FEBRUARY CITY MANAGER’S REPORT COMMUNITY IMPACT
Zach Goodlander previously said. Towers typi- cally lease out space to multiple cell companies. However, Planning Director Josh Brothers said it’s important for residents to understand that cell service is not a city utility and still has to go through multiple avenues of approval following city permitting.
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