Dear Mr Burns,
Re: Proposed Telstra mobile phone transmission tower, Drummond Park, Armidale
I’m writing to submit my objection to the proposal advertised by Service Stream Mobile Communications on Behalf of Telstra to construct and maintain a tower and associated facilities for transmission of mobile phone signals near the water reservoir in Drummond Park. I believe it is likely to have a significant, unacceptable impact of the values of this park and associated communities.
Drummond Park and woodlands are unique in Armidale as the only natural environment of its kind within our town boundary – one that is made up of remnants of Snow Gums, Blakely Red Gum, Ribbon Gum, Mountain Gum and natural grasslands that collectively are listed as Ecologically Endangered Communities. This public amenity provides our local community with a special insight into the value we place on protecting these natural habitats and maintaining biodiversity.
In my role as Landcare Schools Coordinator with Southern New England Landcare I have the privilege of taking groups of school children of all ages to Drummond Park woodlands to learn about our natural environment. It is an ideal & unique location to promote awareness of ecological habitat protection, biodiversity, native flora & fauna, external issues & threats (weeds, feral animals, pollution etc) and a example of how our local government and community values these natural environments. In view of these current practices I believe that Drummond Park has the potential to play a vital role as a future outdoor learning environment – one where our children have easy access to escape from the busyness of school & town life and have a genuine experience.
A mobile tower, I believe, will deliver a message to our community that contradicts these values – and one that promotes unknown health risks, negative visual impacts & the potential for other telecommunication providers to piggy-back on the site. Therefore in your decision-making process I would like you and council to make a consideration for the impacts mobile towers have on our natural urban landscape and the legacy we leave to the future custodians of our land.
Yours sincerely,
Sara Schmude
By: sara schmude
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