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Approved Rt. 33 cell tower assessed $120,000 driveway access fee, staff says
Summary
At the March 5 work session staff told the Planning Board that the company building the approved Rt. 33 cell tower was assessed a $120,000 driveway access fee because legal access runs through an Ameri-Gas property and alternative access would require wetland permits.
Planning Board staff on March 5 reported that a company with an approved cell tower site on Rt. 33 adjacent to an Ameri-Gas property was assessed a $120,000 fee for driveway access.
Consultant Mark Fougere explained to the Board that the State assessed the fee because the parcel’s legal access is through the Ameri-Gas property and that creating alternative access would require wetland permitting, which would complicate the project. The minutes record the $120,000 figure and the staff explanation linking the charge to legal-access constraints and wetland permitting requirements.
Why it matters: The fee and access constraints affect the cost and timeline for the cell-tower project and underline the need to document access rights and environmental permitting before site improvements proceed.
Next steps: The Board did not record further action on the fee at the work session; the Board noted the update as part of Other Business.
