White County Commissioners have given their approval to the first step in a process that should greatly improve the cell phone service along Highway 115 East just outside Cleveland.
The board, during a meeting Monday, gave their approval to a land use application filed by David Fain of Cleveland to provide a conditional use permit for property at 220 Black Road for the purpose of installing a telecommunications tower.
Fain told the commissioners that the tower meets all county regulations and that AT&T will be the anchor tenant with other carriers to be added later.
The special use permit was required because the present zoning is A-1 Agriculture Forestry District.
When the project is complete, the new tower will improve cell service for the east side of Cleveland and the Mossy Creek area of the county.
