Battle in Westchester Over Microwave Tower

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The town of Pleasantville may have just been named the second best smelling place in the world by GQ magazine, but locals say something is rotten. The plan to build a 125-foot microwave tower just blocks from the middle of town as neighbors in a tizzy. They say the tower, meant to provide a transportation-management system, will be dangerous and unsightly.

"If they put it half a mile down the highway where's it less residential it would not be such an issue," said one resident."

"It's reasonable to have cameras up and a better way of the police being able to communicate," said another.

It is all part of a larger plan the New York State Department of Transportation has to install 54 traffic-monitoring systems in Westchester County. All but 18 of them are using safer, underground fiber optic technology. Two of those 18 are going up in Pleasantville.

Town Mayor Peter Scherer said that he has been meeting with the state DOT to talk about moving the tower location or scrapping it altogether. He said the money can be used more efficiently.

"This project would already tell us what we know--that we need money for flood abatement," he said.

A spokeswoman for the state DOT said the microwave towers have been deemed safe by the FCC.

Dr. Munir Ghesani, a nuclear radiation specialist at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, said that even if the towers are functioning properly, it is best to avoid radiation at all costs.

"If there is a way to use a technology that does not involve radiation it's always a better option," Dr. Ghesani said.

Most neighbors found out about the tower only recently, but they have already organized. They are threatening a class action lawsuit.

Fox 5

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