Verizon (News - Alert) Wireless has submitted applications for three new cell sites to the Adirondack Park Agency in New York. The company is seeking to install uninterrupted wireless service along the Northway Corridor region of the state, where cell phone service tends to be spotty at best.

 

After receiving all required governmental approvals and upon review and approval by the APA, the company can start the construction on the sites, which will be located in the towns of Lewis, North Hudson and Schroon.

 

This application is the part of a Statement of Principles to enhance wireless service along the Northway, which was signed by Verizon Wireless with Governor Spitzer and local environmental groups. In signing this statement, Verizon wireless became the only company that has publicly committed to building out its network along the Northway corridor.

 

Along with these three sites, Verizon is also eying other eight sites in the same region. Currently, it is engaged in activities like negotiating leases, identifying locations and completing pre-application preparations. Verizon will submit the applications for the remaining Northway sites after leases have been negotiated and the necessary pre-application preparations have been completed.

 

“Submitting these three sites for APA review is the next step in our efforts to provide wireless coverage along the entire length of the Northway,” said  Marquett Smith, president of Verizon Wireless’ Upstate New York Region, in a statement. “We're making very good progress and are committed to getting all 11 sites up and running as quickly as we can. However, a project of this scope takes time and will not happen overnight.”

 

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