Communications Tower Project

The Town has had an issue with communications for our Fire, Rescue and Police Department for a number of years.  Over the past few years, this issue has become increasingly problematic for the Fire and Rescue Squads.  The main issue is the presence of Bauneg Beg Mountain in our town which does not allow for radio signals to reach the backside of the mountain and creating areas where the radio signal is weak or non-existent.  After much review, it has been determined that the best solution at this point is to increase the height of our antennas on the Water District property and install additional repeaters.  We also need to install a generator for power failures as we currently rely on the Police Department bringing a portable generator to site during storm events.  Due to the construction of the Water Tower, additional antennae cannot be collocated on the roof and a separate tower will need to be installed to gain the height required.  In addition, the County of York will be upgrading the Blueberry Ridge Communications Tower at an estimated cost of $1,400,000.00 which will assist with Fire and Rescue Communications on the backside of Bauneg Beg Mountain.  Estimated cost of North Berwick project is $197,000.00.