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Cadillac Mountain Tower Idea Scrapped

December 21, 2009 - ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A federal agency has scrapped the idea of placing an 80-foot telecommunications tower atop the tallest mountain in Acadia National Park.

Cadillac Mountain was one of about 60 sites in Maine that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency was considering for towers to enhance federal homeland security communications.

Park officials told the Bangor Daily News that they recently received a letter from the agency saying it had removed Cadillac Mountain from consideration because of opposition from the National Park Service and the local community.

Cadillac Mountain is the only peak accessible by public road in the park, which gets more than 2 million visitors a year.


Submitted by The Associated Press on Mon, 12/21/2009
in the Portland Press Herald


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