U-turn on mast by school
Howick and Pakuranga Times
Thursday, 25 June 2009
By AMANDA KING
CANNED: The site for 2degrees' antenna and cabinet by Cockle Bay Primary School has been scrapped.
A SCHOOL under threat of sharing its boundary with a telecommunications antenna and service box is breathing a sigh of relief after a new site was confirmed.
Cockle Bay Primary School launched a full-scale petition last week after being told new telco 2degrees was planning to install a cellphone mast just metres away from classrooms.
Due to the negative reaction to the proposal, Manukau City Council and 2degrees decided to relocate the site across the road at the entrance to Paparoa Park, opposite the Litten Road shops.
Councillor Jami-Lee Ross has worked with 2degrees in assigning the most appropriate locations in the area and says within a week of hearing negative feedback from the school, he took action to have the site revised.
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http://www.times.co.nz/cms/front_page_feature/2009/06/u_turn_on_mast_by_school.php
Informant: Martin Weatherall
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=school+mast
Thursday, 25 June 2009
By AMANDA KING
CANNED: The site for 2degrees' antenna and cabinet by Cockle Bay Primary School has been scrapped.
A SCHOOL under threat of sharing its boundary with a telecommunications antenna and service box is breathing a sigh of relief after a new site was confirmed.
Cockle Bay Primary School launched a full-scale petition last week after being told new telco 2degrees was planning to install a cellphone mast just metres away from classrooms.
Due to the negative reaction to the proposal, Manukau City Council and 2degrees decided to relocate the site across the road at the entrance to Paparoa Park, opposite the Litten Road shops.
Councillor Jami-Lee Ross has worked with 2degrees in assigning the most appropriate locations in the area and says within a week of hearing negative feedback from the school, he took action to have the site revised.
Read More...
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/front_page_feature/2009/06/u_turn_on_mast_by_school.php
Informant: Martin Weatherall
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=school+mast
rudkla - 25. Jun, 06:00
