Cell phone towers disguised as trees grow in North Texas

by LAUREN ZAKALIK

WFAA

Posted on April 24, 2014 at 8:26 PM

Updated yesterday at 10:16 PM

COCKRELL HILL -- Hovering high above the tiny town of Cockrell Hill, a tree - or something like it - has a lot of people talking.

"I said, 'Honey, they're putting branches on that huge pipe up there!'" said Leo Landin of Cockrell Hill.

What appears to be an incredibly tall, skinny evergreen is actually a 140-foot cell phone tower.

"It's much more aesthetically pleasing than just a pole in the sky," said assistant city administrator Bret Haney.

Haney told News 8 that a few years ago, cell phone service in the small city near Dallas was dismal. So when a company offered to build a tower and blend it into the landscape as best they could, council signed on.

"We havent had any complaints," he said.

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Cell phone towers disguised as trees grow in North Texas