Norse Road Mobile Phone Masts

A new round of mobile telecommunication masts have been springing up around the town mainly for the new G5 network. It has been noted that one mast recently installed in Norse Road in Goldington (see photo below) has been placed with its many cabinets onto the dual use pedestrian/cycle path near the Hookham Lane roundabout reducing its effective width by at least one third and even more if the cabinet doors have to opened for maintenance work. Norse Road is on Bedford’s Cycle Network outer orbital route known as the Green Wheel (see top right).

As a result CCNB asked the Borough Council what their policy was with regard to allowing telecommunication equipment masks/cabinets to be placed on footpaths. In their reply they said it should not have happened and they have internally reviewed their procedure and issued advice to make sure it does not happen in the future. At the same time a Stage 2 Complaint Order has been issued.