TURN IT OFF, MAN!
River Road TV Tower Lights Light
Up the Night, Violate Multiple County and State
Codes After Monday Installation
Look, up in the sky! Is it fireworks? Is it lightning? No, it's the TV tower (formerly WDCA 20) on River Road in Bethesda. Apparently, workers installed new safety lights on the tower during the day Monday. Then they went home. After the sun went down, residents in neighborhoods around the tower were in for quite a light display.
The explosive flashes are the most blatant form of light pollution I have ever witnessed. They are a major distraction whether you are just walking, or are attempting to drive on the streets below. You literally cannot miss them. Imagine a silent 4th of July fireworks display... ...that never ends! And each flash lights up the entire sky as far as you can see - just like lightning.
The flashes reflect off of the upper floors of houses as far away as Woodacres Park. Worse yet, is the effect on residents of the Westwood Tower, Park Bethesda, and Kenwood buildings. If you have a unit on the tower side of those buildings, you either have the world's thickest curtains, or you are being devastated by the atom-bomb-like flashes.
What were they thinking?
The severe degree of light pollution makes clear that these lights are in violation of several county and state codes. Yet, as of this morning, no action has been taken.
The fact that this can be let go - despite all of our elected officials' empty words about "light pollution" - is yet another example of failed leadership on the basic, day-to-day community issues.
How many councilmembers does it take to change a light bulb?
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