Hershman Defends Local Permitting Law Against Concerns on Aesthetics
Indiana state Sen. Brandt Hershman backed a recent law to streamline the state’s local permitting process for wireless infrastructure. “Despite the benefits to its citizens, one large community in central Indiana has refused to act on 5G permit applications for…
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more than a year,” said the Republican believed this year to be have been among contenders for the open GOP seat on the FCC, in a column in The Journal Gazette. “The ‘aesthetic’ concerns raised by some to these microwave oven-sized antennas, which are dramatically smaller than existing cell towers, many of which will be co-located on existing poles, are ridiculous. In many cases, these expressed concerns are more likely to be an attempt to seek inflated permitting fees than a real concern, all at the expense of denying Hoosiers the latest technology.” Hershman was responding to a May 10 editorial that dubbed the infrastructure “eyesores” and the law “a top-down approach,” urging caution: “The next generation of cell technology uses smaller antennas but in much denser placement.” The FCC is eyeing streamlining infrastructure permitting (see 1705230057).