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Nextel Wins Round in Cell Tower Battle

TAVARES, FL-Despite residents' objections, Lake County's planning and zoning commission gives the green light to the Reston, VA-based telecommunications provider to erect a 100-foot, $500,000 structure near the sprawling Danny Len Buick-Pontiac GMC showrooms off U.S. 441 north near Eustis, FL, 32 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on August 08, 2001

TAVARES, FL-In its second attempt to erect a cell tower pole near residential neighborhoods, Nextel Communications Inc. has won approval from Lake County’s planning and zoning commission to build a 100-foot structure near the sprawling Danny Len Buick-Pontiac GMC showrooms off U.S. 441 north near Eustis, FL, 32 miles northwest of Downtown Orlando.

The Reston, VA-based telecommunications company still needs a final green light from the county commission which is expected to consider the request at its next public meeting on Aug. 28. The estimated construction cost of the tower is $500,000, according to cost estimates on previous poles erected by Nextel and its competitors.

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