Dishes put up on mast say residents
Jan 5 2006
Weekly News
A GROUP of Farnworth residents are determined to kick up a stink after claiming contractors installed three dishes on a mobile phone mast while nobody was looking.
The residents, whose houses back on to Moon Meadow, claim the work went ahead without prior notice.
They say they were told the mast could not be expanded once it was built in 2001 and are angry the Government is allowing the mobile phone companies to bypass the normal planning procedures and fear the three new dishes, bringing the total to four, on a 70ft-plus monopole is just the start.
Don Lyons, of Derby Road, said: 'We're upset and angry that the companies have the authority to add dishes without consulting anyone. It's not morally right.
'The jury's still out on whether these things are safe and there are a lot of families with children here.
http://tinyurl.com/8nla5
Weekly News
A GROUP of Farnworth residents are determined to kick up a stink after claiming contractors installed three dishes on a mobile phone mast while nobody was looking.
The residents, whose houses back on to Moon Meadow, claim the work went ahead without prior notice.
They say they were told the mast could not be expanded once it was built in 2001 and are angry the Government is allowing the mobile phone companies to bypass the normal planning procedures and fear the three new dishes, bringing the total to four, on a 70ft-plus monopole is just the start.
Don Lyons, of Derby Road, said: 'We're upset and angry that the companies have the authority to add dishes without consulting anyone. It's not morally right.
'The jury's still out on whether these things are safe and there are a lot of families with children here.
http://tinyurl.com/8nla5
Starmail - 5. Jan, 13:36
