DESPITE being able to see phone masts wherever we look in Jersey, a new inter-active map will not reveal their exact location.
A section of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority’s website was set up in July to make the location of phone masts more accessible to the public. But it will only reveal the post-code of where the masts are and not the address. If Islanders want more information they have to apply in writing to the JCRA or ask the Planning and Environment department where exactly the masts are.
Keith Shaw, head of Health and Safety at Highlands College, complained recently about the website, which he said was futile and unhelpful. He wrote to the JCRA saying: ‘Your interactive map is spectacularly useless because it does not give locations, only post codes.
Yesterday JCRA executive director Chuck Webb said: ‘The JCRA is not subject to the Planning Law. We are only subject to the Telecoms Law, which prevents us from giving confidential business information which could be used for potentially illegitimate purposes, such as vandalism.
Article posted on 10th September, 2008 - 2.57pm
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