The mayor has no intention of letting the mobile tower conflict falter. Having found a solution that seems acceptable and satisfying, he is now trying to convince Free to adopt it.
TDF plans to install a 42-meter-high tower on private land located in Bois Cantin, in the town of Monts, in the province of Indre-et-Loire. The building permit was granted on March 18th and the equipment must be used to improve Free Mobile operator’s network coverage. It is seen as A. “Visual pollution and possibly harmful to health” By residents, the installation was the subject of a meeting on April 8th in the presence of the municipality, the landowner and opponents.
The first meeting, which was unsuccessful, led to the creation of the Collective Monts Environnement, launching a petition that collected several hundreds of signatures and filing a petition in the Administrative Court of Orleans with a hearing scheduled for May 28. The municipality had already indicated that the water tower solution was not technically feasible, that it had to treat the operators fairly and that the organization of the meetings was complicated by the health context.
The mayor is looking for a suitable compromise
Obviously, there is no question for the mayor to allow the conflict to falter. During the second meeting on May 12, Laurent Richard said he was taking complaints into account and doing his best to find common ground. “We would really like to move this edifice, but its height decreases to 30 meters and it consists of a trellis-type structure so that it integrates as much as possible with nature”. The consultant has already obtained from TDF the movement of the equipment on a plot of woodland and is now doing what is necessary to convince Khalil of this alternative. To calm spirits, the elected actor also promises to avoid the multiplication of constellations in the city. “With this new edifice installed, 4G coverage suffices. I will remain careful not to double down on other installations of this type.”, He explains.
Source : The New Republic
