Link5G Towers Must Pass Historic Preservation and Environmental Reviews, Says FCC
The directive comes after Manhattan Congressman Jerry Nadler wrote the FCC that the 32-foot-tall pillars appear ‘out of context’ in historic districts like SoHo and Park Avenue.
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The hulking 5G towers popping up around the boroughs — as well as the hundred or so that already loom large — are now subject to historic preservation and environmental reviews, thanks to a directive from the Federal Communications Commission.
The installer must complete reviews under the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act before constructing the towers, according to an April 20 letter from Garnet Hanly, division chief of the competition and infrastructure policy division of the FCC’s wireless telecommunications bureau.