"In response to the borough’s published letter stating its willingness to accept Verizon’s settlement proposal for two 5G facilities hidden in boardwalk pavilion cupolas, residents filled Spring Lake Municipal Building with polarizing opinions on whether the borough should capitulate or not."
"A court order could order the approval of Verizon’s original six installations at the locations Verizon chooses on Ocean Avenue. The borough would have little or nothing to say over design, concealment or placement."
"Federal law prohibits the borough from denying a wireless application on the basis of radio frequency emissions provided the facility meets FCC exposure limits. Congress wrote that into the (Telecommunications) Act of 1996. It’s not a local policy choice,"
"It’s not that the council doesn’t hear you. It’s that if we deny or keep litigating on that ground, we lose. And we lose in a way that leaves us with less say over what gets built and where it gets built."
"Residents have argued a health concern due to radio frequency emissions, but Verizon would be in compliance with the FCC exposure limits, and therefore a federal court would overrule the argument of health concerns from the borough, officials said."
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📍 Spring Lake, New Jersey, United States
Spring Lake, New Jersey Verizon 5G settlement fight
2026-09-15
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