West end residents crowded a town hall event Thursday night to oppose a proposed cell tower on 34th Street that has been at the centre of developing pushback this summer.

More than 70 people showed up at the Westridge Community Centre for a tense consultation session hosted by the tower applicant. Residents questioned the host, asserting the 35-metre cell tower proposed for 1009 34th St. is not welcome.

Price Leurebourg hosted the town hall on behalf of Shared Tower Inc., which is applying to build the cell tower.

Leurebourg spent most of the two hours fielding questions, at times objecting to the repeated interruptions.

The planning manager for Western Canada at Shared Tower, Leurebourg said that the company is proposing the tower to help Rogers Communications find a new home for ante

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