Seeing red over Orange
Barry and District News 23 June 05
THE principal of Barry Technical College is to arrange a meeting with the college's governing body to discuss the long-term future of a mobile-phone mast in the grounds.
Orange, which owns the mast, is proposing to share it with telecommunication rivals Vodafone and 02.
This would mean adding six additional antennae to the structure.
A drop-in session, organised by Orange, was held at Barry College on Thursday, June 16, to enable local residents to express their concerns about the mast to company representatives.
Barry College principal Paul Halstead, who was at the drop-in session, said: "When I first heard about the mast share proposal, I wrote to Orange to object on the basis of the uncertain risk to health - and I still think there is an uncertain risk to health.
"What I intend doing now, is take this to Barry College 's governing body and discuss it, and the long-term future of the mast."
Most of the people who attended the meeting were residents of nearby estate The Heathers, who have been campaigning for several weeks against the Orange mast-share proposal.
After the meeting, one campaigner, Bill Homer, said: "I'm glad that we have been able to give our point of view.
"They listened politely to what we had to say but I'm sure their attitude is that they will get the planning permission anyway."
A spokesman for Orange said: "Following on from the discussions at the meeting, a number of points have been raised.
"Orange will, wherever possible, endeavour to resolve these outstanding concerns."
"While Orange does still intend to submit an application for the proposed site share, we will only do so after we have responded to the residents' main concerns."
THE principal of Barry Technical College is to arrange a meeting with the college's governing body to discuss the long-term future of a mobile-phone mast in the grounds.
Orange, which owns the mast, is proposing to share it with telecommunication rivals Vodafone and 02.
This would mean adding six additional antennae to the structure.
A drop-in session, organised by Orange, was held at Barry College on Thursday, June 16, to enable local residents to express their concerns about the mast to company representatives.
Barry College principal Paul Halstead, who was at the drop-in session, said: "When I first heard about the mast share proposal, I wrote to Orange to object on the basis of the uncertain risk to health - and I still think there is an uncertain risk to health.
"What I intend doing now, is take this to Barry College 's governing body and discuss it, and the long-term future of the mast."
Most of the people who attended the meeting were residents of nearby estate The Heathers, who have been campaigning for several weeks against the Orange mast-share proposal.
After the meeting, one campaigner, Bill Homer, said: "I'm glad that we have been able to give our point of view.
"They listened politely to what we had to say but I'm sure their attitude is that they will get the planning permission anyway."
A spokesman for Orange said: "Following on from the discussions at the meeting, a number of points have been raised.
"Orange will, wherever possible, endeavour to resolve these outstanding concerns."
"While Orange does still intend to submit an application for the proposed site share, we will only do so after we have responded to the residents' main concerns."
Starmail - 24. Jun, 16:30
