UPDATE The
National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) strongly supports the
FCC’s plan to exclude so-called Twilight Towers from routine historic
preservation review. The FCC proposed such a change in December, Inside Towers reported, to make more towers available for wireless deployment like broadband, including FirstNet and 5G.
In comments
filed with the FCC late last week, NATE said: “For too long, the
regulatory status of twilight towers has placed the industry in limbo
and an affirmative vote by FCC Commissioners to exclude co-locations on
these structures from routine historic preservation review is common
sense policy.” Some 4,000 towers built
between 2001 to 2005 couldn’t accept co-location because either they
were built without historic preservation review or don’t have
documentation that such a review occurred.
New towers will be built, but siting
and planning, combined with permitting processes, are time-consuming,
according to the association. Permitting more co-location will speed
tower work as well as address workforce shortages. Continue Reading
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