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Senator seeks mandatory local check of ADA, traffic and utilities before wireless pole permits
Summary
LB 18 would require local authorities to confirm that proposed wireless facility placements comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, do not impede pedestrian or vehicular traffic and do not interfere with utilities before permitting installations in rights‑of‑way; sponsor cited a sidewalk pole in mid‑sidewalk as the motivating example.
Sen. John Kavanaugh introduced LB 18 after constituent complaints about a wireless facility placed in the middle of a sidewalk in Omaha. The bill would require local permitting authorities — cities, counties or other political subdivisions — to determine before permitting that a wireless facility placement (including small cell or 5G poles) complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), does not impede the normal flow of pedestrian or vehicular…
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