Residents say no to phone mast
- 12 February 2007
A NUMBER of residents in Ilford braved torrential rain on Monday to protest against the activation of a mobile phone mast.
The mast sat dormant at the junction of Malvern Drive and Longbridge Road for around five years until O2 decided to switch it on last week, much to the outrage of people living nearby.
One said: "It was put up without notifying any of us accept for six flats and we got 300 signatures on a petition within 48 hours and they abandoned using it.
"Now they've decided to activate it."
James Stevenson, of O2, said: "When it was put up we didn't require it for the network. But now we do. BT engineers have been down to connect the wires and they will be back.
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A NUMBER of residents in Ilford braved torrential rain on Monday to protest against the activation of a mobile phone mast.
The mast sat dormant at the junction of Malvern Drive and Longbridge Road for around five years until O2 decided to switch it on last week, much to the outrage of people living nearby.
One said: "It was put up without notifying any of us accept for six flats and we got 300 signatures on a petition within 48 hours and they abandoned using it.
"Now they've decided to activate it."
James Stevenson, of O2, said: "When it was put up we didn't require it for the network. But now we do. BT engineers have been down to connect the wires and they will be back.
Copyright © 2007 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.
http://tinyurl.com/yqevkc
rudkla - 12. Feb, 18:01
