CALEB NICKERSON
LITCHFIELD Aug. 12, 2020
Suspected tampering to an internet transmission tower at the Litchfield Halte caused the recreation area to be closed temporarily last week.
WePC co-owner Scott Lemay said that they were notified that . . .
the tower was down sometime between the evening of Aug. 11 and the early morning of Aug. 12, but it wasn’t until about 3 p.m. on the twelfth that a tech was able to assess the situation.
“Upon our tech arriving, he noticed first of all that the tower was leaning and then, after he did a bit of an inspection, he noticed that … the structure was compromised somewhat,” Lemay said.
After the tech notified him, Lemay said he reached out to the municipality to request that the park be shut down as a precaution until the tower was repaired. The tower sits in the middle of the park, which houses a splash pad and picnicking areas.
Lemay noted that there were definitely signs of vandalism at site, and added that certain components were missing from the tower. He said that an investigation was underway.
Lemay said that they worked quickly to fix the problem and the park was able to reopen in the afternoon on Thursday.
“On the 13th, we were back and we repaired the tower and re-assessed everything, re-inspected it all and it passed everything,” he said. “The tower is 100 per cent secure. All the issues with it have been corrected and now it’s fine.”
