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BZA grants special exception for Duke Energy communications tower at Bad Creek Road parcel
Summary
The board approved a special exception allowing a replacement communications tower on Duke Energy property near Bad Creek Reservoir; applicant said the existing tower will be removed once the new monopole is operational and the new facility is necessary to maintain radio communications to a substation during construction.
The Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception for a communications tower on a Duke Energy parcel at 100 Bad Creek Road near Bad Creek Reservoir.
Attorney Sarah Spruill, representing the applicant team including Tower Engineering Professionals and Duke Energy, said Duke previously built a larger tower on the parcel but found it did not provide the needed radio coverage. "Duke discovered that it didn't work to transmit the radio signals on that site," Spruill told the…
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