LEGE TREND. Utility Poll Meets 5G Meets Eminent Domain Backlash.

State: North Carolina

5G Legislation: House Bill 310 (2017) 

North Carolina’s HB 310  allows 5G facilities to be placed on telephone poles. Opponents say this triggers eminent domain for 3 reasons:

• home owners & businesses can’t object to 5G placement + any resulting health hazards
• allows for cell towers in front yards with no mechanism for objection
• tramples over muncipal rights to control utility placement

North Carolina’s Herald Sun | Opponents op-Ed | Bill would turn North Carolina’s neighborhood utility poles into cell towers – Clair Viadro