WHEELING — New radio towers are expected to be installed at The Highlands and in West Liberty next month as part of Ohio County’s $3.6 million project to improve its first responders’ ability to communicate.
The Ohio County Commission on Thursday approved paying $121,120 to JG Contracting of Pittsburgh to install one tower at The Highlands and another in West Liberty. The towers will be used to transmit radio waves for the county’s new 450-megahertz radio system.
It includes new compatible radios at a cost of $1 million and will be used by emergency management officials, volunteer firefighters and Ohio County sheriff’s deputies. The new system, which cost $2.6 million itself, will be housed at the 911 center at the City-County Building in Wheeling.
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