Omokoroa cell tower approved

Monday, 18 December 2017

Council has approved the certificate of compliance for Spark to build a cell phone tower on land off Omokoroa Road.

The tower will be built on Council-owned land by the railway line at the back of the Settlers Hall beside other utilities such as the wastewater pump station.

This is a permitted activity under the District Plan and the National Environmental Standard for Telecommunication Facilities.

Subsequently Council approved the Certificate of Compliance applications from Spark for the tower.

The new tower is a joint build between Spark and Vodafone.

Spark have advised the build will commence in the first half of 2018. Once established, the mobile network and access to digital services in Omokoroa will be improved.