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A matter of urgency regarding Telstra’s 5G technology rollout was brought before Byron Shire Council’s recent meeting.
Before the meeting closed on Thursday afternoon, the motion was brought before the council by Cr Sarah Ndiaye and deputy mayor Michael Lyon.
Mayor Simon Richardson allowed the matter of a planned upgrade of an existing communications tower at Bottlebrush Crescent in Suffolk Park to be put to a debate as an urgent item, in light of the fact submissions on the proposal are due prior to May 3.
They asked that the council send an objection to Telstra for a range of reasons, including the fact Byron Bay Preschool is 300m from the tower, the Beech Flying fox camp is 100m away and the council “is still yet to see a comprehensive plan as to how 5G could be implemented across the shire safely and with appropriate infrastructure with real time monitoring”.