Pneumatic project supported by the State Council

Due to the dispute over the relay antenna project, the State Council gives the go-ahead for Free Mobile.

The town of Saint-Aignan de Grand Lieu, located in the province of Loire-Atlantique, has shown its desire to block the Free Mobile project in a place called Piece-de-Bel-Air. This refers to a charter signed in January 2003 aimed at preventing the proliferation of mobile phone towers. It currently has three free and orange towers located in the Chemin des Sablonnières, Zone de la Forêt and Route de Gauchoux.

Thus, the Municipal Council has authorized the mayor to give an unfavorable opinion to any new application for an antenna installation that does not meet many requirements including equipment assembly, construction and sharing of factories and coverage indicators to begin with. New project installation, integration with the landscape and measurement of exposure level before and after commissioning. “We have decided to freeze the creation of new antennas, and encourage the pooling of existing antennas between different operators.‘, he had already mentioned to Mayor Jean-Claude Limason. Today, some operators seek to increase the number of sites without taking into account the local context and without showing the need to increase this equipment. If the development of technologies is a real problem, it must be carried out taking into account the environmental, health and landscape impacts and the interests of the local population”The city council member explained.

But that was without counting the support obtained on Monday from the State Council called to arbitrate the dispute between the town and the operator, who filed a case before the administrative court. Referring to the operators’ obligations regarding the coverage of the territory, the highest administrative court has already confirmed the suspension of the municipality’s decision and gave the green light to the telecom operator.

Source: Quest France (hard copy)