If they don’t necessarily win the battle, then at least one group of residents has won the first round. Upon their mobilization, the municipality announced that it was abandoning the Free Mobile pylon project.
During a meeting attended by Damien Combet, Mayor of Chaponost, Rhone Municipality, Gregory Nowak, Vice President for Communications Networks, and dozens of residents, discussions took place over the installation of a free mobile tower in the municipal area of Vail Road.
A few days later, it was a catharsis for the group opposing the project. During the last municipal council, the municipality confirmed the abandonment. “The proposal submitted to Free to establish a branch for it on the municipality’s land was based on the principle that this gave us the ability to control the choice of the site and look at the technical file. In the face of protests from residents, we came to the conclusion that we will return to see the operator to inform him of our decision to abandon him.”Gregory Nowak explains.
The fibers are there, there is no need for the 5G network
“We’ve gone above and beyond to get fiber. Now that we have it, we don’t need 5G as well.”An opponent of the project, Sylvie Garicott, explains. But these are not the only arguments for the opponents, who numbered more than 100, to sign the petition “To say no in the air”. There is also an existence“Someone who is sensitive to electricity in the neighborhood.” And damage to the aesthetics of the landscape, with fear of seeing A. Little Eiffel Tower In the middle of greenery. The opponents had also planned to embody the height of the equipment with a balloon stationed at a height of 30 meters.
This outcry is not the first in this sector. In 2019, another operator’s antenna project, in this case Bouygues Telecom, faced strong opposition.
Source : Progress
