Construction began last week on a new 300-foot guy-wired public safety communications tower south of Canadian near the Y intersection of US 60 and 83. The old tower was felled by a late October 2020 ice storm. As specified in Hemphill County’s call for bids on this project, this tower is required to withstand a minimum wind load of 90 mph, a three-second wind gust without ice, and a 30-mph wi...