Plans to boost 5G coverage in Brynteg approved by Wrexham Council
Plans to help boost 5G coverage in Brynteg have been given the go ahead by Wrexham Council.
Last month Wrexham.com reported that Applicants Cignal Infrastructure UK Limited had submitted an application to install a new 15m high ‘slim line’ 5G mast is installed on the junction between Long Lane and Darby Road.
The location was described by the applicants as being the “best available compromise between extending 5G service across the target ‘coverage hole’ with the selected street works pole height and associated antenna and ground-based cabinets restricted to the absolute minimum.”
Several other locations were considered for the slim line pole, including Holboron Cresent, Darby Road, Bakery Fields and Goleu.
However these sites were discounted due to issues including unsuitable pavements, visibility splays and high density residential areas.
The application has now been given the go ahead by Wrexham Council’s Chief Officer of Economy and Planning, David Fitzsimon.
Commenting on the plans, applicants Cignal Infrastructure UK Limited said: “It is recognised that the very nature of installing new 5G communications infrastructure within an urban setting requires a well-measured balance between the need to extend practical coverage with the risk of increasing visual intrusion.
“Cignal Infrastructure UK Limited are in the process of building the UK’s fastest 5G network and has 140MHz of 5G spectrum (and 100MHz of it contiguous), which means our service will be much faster and shall have the ability to handle more data.
“In making this technology available to customers, CK Hutchisons Networks (UK) Ltd will need to provide a mix of upgrades involving existing sites and the building of new sites.
“New sites will be needed for many reasons, including the higher radio frequencies used for 5G, which do not travel as far as those frequencies currently in use.
“The site selection process has also been influenced by the topography of the area, trees and shrubbery around the vicinity of the site. The apparatus (pole and associated cabinets) will be carefully positioned on a small area of existing footpath, so not to impede pedestrians and to have the trees and shrubbery within the vicinity provide some screening.
“Please note, the design itself is typical of street furniture found in such urban locations.
“The equipment is considered unlikely to have any material impact on the local area; however, it should bring significant connectivity improvements, which is a material consideration in the judgment of the site suitability.”
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