Below is an overview of telecommunications updates in the Town of Tunbridge. This is a general resource and may not include all existing or proposed work. Information will be updated as new projects and resources are available. Contact the Planning Commission or the Selectboard with questions.
Route 110 Wireless Equipment Update
Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems, LLC d/b/a Verizon Wireless is modifying existing wireless equipment on a 39-foot utility pole located above the Tunbridge Fairgrounds on VT Route 110. There will be no change to the pole height. The initial installation of wireless equipment on this pole was approved by the Vermont Public Utility Commission on June 22, 2017.
2025 Vertex Cell Tower Proposal
In April 2025, Vertex Towers, LLC, a real estate and engineering firm, proposed building a 176-foot cell tower for Verizon Wireless and future wireless service providers on the ridge between Spring Road and Monarch Hill Road at 6 Ware Drive in Tunbridge. Vertex’s advance submission expired without a petition being filed and was closed on October 9, 2025.
Shared Resources
- Vertex Towers, LLC cell tower proposal for Ware Drive in Tunbridge (April 11, 2025)
- Balloon test notice (May 5, 2025)
- Public informational meeting with Vertex representative Francis Parisi at the Tunbridge Town Hall (May 29, 2025)
- Environmental and cultural resource review by Lotis Environmental on behalf of Vertex (Sept. 19, 2025)
- Track Vertex’s submission status through the Vermont Public Utilities Commission portal (case no. 25-0672-AN)
- Two Rivers Ottauquechee Regional Commission’s Guide to 248a proceedings
Correspondence
- Correspondence between Vt. Public Utilities Commission and Planning Commssion chair Amy Frost (Oct. 16, 2025)
- Letter from Tunbridge resident Bill Tarkulich (Oct. 11, 2025)
- Email exchange between Tunbridge Planning Board chair Amy Frost and Vertex’s Parisi (Aug. 5, 2025)
- Letter from Tunbridge resident Alex Torpey (Aug. 4, 2025)
- Letter from Tunbridge resident Michael Sacca with link to petition (July 23, 2025)
- Email from Tunbridge resident Abby Foulk with link to Peacham, Vt.’s cell tower ordinance (June 5, 2025)
- Correspondence from Vertex about cell tower plans and balloon test (April 29, 2025)