Now it is fixed: a 43 meter high cell phone mast will be built at the Uffin sewage treatment plant.
The district office has approved the building application for a Vodafone offshoot.
Uffing
- The subject has potential for wear and tear.
Uffing and the cell phone mast - that is what the third mayor is already busy with.
Andreas Weiß, 37 years old, experienced all the episodes up close.
He drove to Leipzig as a representative of the community and celebrated the big victory at the Federal Administrative Court over Telekom in 2012.
In the next meeting of the municipal council he will now announce what some citizens read like the declaration of surrender in the eternal struggle of the small Uffing against the big corporations.
The district office has approved the building application for the Vodafone offshoot Vantage Towers.
A cell phone mast will be built at the sewage treatment plant in Uffing, 43 meters high.
The mobile communications giant has announced that construction will start in spring 2022.
Uffing prevents at least one cell tower in the center
Is that a defeat now? Yes and no, you have to answer. “You can't completely defend yourself against it,” emphasizes Weiß. For years, the state government has insisted on expanding the network in rural regions. Plants cannot be prevented and are even necessary, especially when everyone complains about the lack of digitization in rural areas during the pandemic. On the positive side: The community, and this is more than many others tried, let alone achieved, prevented a mast in the center of the village and banished it to the outside area. It is tragic that it hits home security Dieter Wieland and his wife, of all people, who live in the immediate vicinity. That's the spicy note of the story. The Wielands want to talk to the mayor again, but concede their defeat. "Our resistance was in vain",says Dieter Wieland to the daily newspaper on the phone. Weiß explains that there have always been isolated inquiries on the subject, but no opposing front. With the decision to build a building in January 2020, the municipal council has thrown off the protests.
Mast in Uffing: District Office examines plans for almost a year - and approves the project
The district office examined the plans for almost a year and found them to be approved in mid-April.
The construction department also involved the Lower Nature Conservation Authority in the process, which, however, did not object to any risks to the environment.
She demanded only 7,000 euros in compensation - the price for a place in nature, so to speak.
This is what the Bavarian Compensation Ordinance provides, as spokesman Stephan Scharf explains.
But what are 7,000 euros for the billionaire company that spends around 250,000 euros on construction.
Radio mast operator is planning a 43 meter high lattice tower
Volker Petendorf, the group spokesman, provides the first details on request. He speaks of a 43-meter-high lattice tower that Vodafone is equipping with the cellular technologies GSM (for cell phone calls), LTE (for telephony and mobile internet) and 5G. Certainly not a masterpiece of engineering, but an annoying spot in the landscape. The radio mast operator Vantage Towers, recently listed on the stock exchange, manages 82,000 systems in Europe, including the one in Uffing in the future. The corporation's letter comes like a flowery advertisement that only allows one reading: mobile communications are necessary, mobile communications are great. Group spokesman Petendorf is even dreaming of a “world without traffic lights, traffic jams and traffic deaths”, the 5G network could become the “network revolution” - even in a circle, he said. There is also a size smaller:In fact, the new mast initially improves reception in the village. Referring to the critics, he emphasizes that mobile communications “according to the current state of science” is a sure thing. There are also other perspectives.
The network is also to be expanded on the railway line
The final episode for Uffing is expected to end in summer 2022.
The neighboring municipality of Eglfing will first decide whether there will be another one at Rußbichl - the network is also to be expanded on the railway line.
In July 2020, the local parliament voted there with a delicate majority of one vote per pole.
Now it is the turn of the district office in the neighboring district as well.
At best, Uffing is spared a second mast.
Andreas Mayr