The erection of roughly ten, 106-foot-tall driving range towers at Belmont Hills Golf Club on Middle Road, Warwick has drawn the ire of neighbours.

The poles ? which can be seen from Hamilton ? caused resident Marsha Kirkland to write about her ?outrage? at the ?imposing? driving-cage to Planning.

?The density of the building on the Belmont Hills golf course has already served to urbanise the Harbour Road side of the development and now these ten massive ?cell-towers? scar the landscape and visual amenity on Middle Road,? Ms Kirkland told Planning?s Acting Director on March 8. ?Their height makes the towers visible from all points in Warwick.

?They constitute an impingement on the ?vista-value? for Bermudians and our tourists,? she said. ?At what cost do we develop??

However, Belmont Hills General Manager Bushara Bushara would not comment on Thursday about the visual impact of the giant poles but did say the nets would not work if any smaller.

?The purpose of the poles is to prevent any balls from going on the road,? Mr. Bushara said. ?Basically they are that high for that purpose ? for safety reasons. Balls would escape the nets and endanger people.?

He said the poles will eventually be covered with netting by next week, weather permitting ? however, it was not possible to put a roof on the cage.

?It was not possible to put a net on top,? he said. ?The purpose of the poles is for a driving range for a new golf academy.?

The academy ? run by three local golf-pros ? will include 20 bays at the driving range, all featuring the ?latest technology,? he said.