What is happening with the proposed Telus Towers on Cortes Island? What’s proposed? What input will islanders have? What exactly is the technology proposed? Will another tower in Manson’s fix our island cell problems? What is 5G and how is this different than City West’s fibre-optic proposal?
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Community voices on proposed TELUS tower: Call for an open dialogue
CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
This is Part 2 of a two-part series of interviews with members of the Cortes Island community. Listen to Part 1 here.
A growing number of Cortes Island residents are pushing for a more involved community consultation regarding the latest TELUS cellular tower proposal on Tla’amin Nation land.
The 63.1-meter tower is currently a stand-alone proposal with a deadline of Jan. 31 for public feedback.
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What CityWest will be doing on Cortes for the next 4-6 months
A CityWest construction crew will be on Cortes Island for the first four to six months of 2022, to hook individual homes for high-speed Internet.
“Now that we’ve been issued a permit from the ministry of transport (MOTI), we have a green light to proceed with the provincial government’s mandate of connecting Cortes Islanders under the ERI grant program,” said Eric Geall, Operations Manager for West Connect Infrastructure (WCI).
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Community voices on proposed TELUS tower: The yays, the nays and the tech talk
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As the Jan. 31 deadline for public feedback on a proposed cell tower on southern Cortes Island approaches, community opinions on the issue remain divided.
TELUS’ proposed 63.1-meter tower is currently cited on the Tla’amin-Nation governed land called Paukeeajim, adjacent to Rexford Road in Manson’s Landing.
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To TELUS, C/O Brian Gregg, Site Path Consulting Ltd
A public letter from Mike Brown of Whaletown regarding the November 22, 2021 TELUS proposal for a Radio Communications Tower on Tla’amin Nation land on Cortes Island.
In summer 2021, your failed proposals for two TELUS towers at other locations on Cortes Island drew 60 letters of response to Regional Director Noba Anderson, who made this posting on the online Cortes Tideline on July 6, 2021:
“Reviewing all the 60 some letters written in the last many weeks, I have found only one that is in favour of cell towers at this time. All others want a better community consultation process and many want nothing to do with cell towers here at all.
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