Senators lean toward three-year extension for cell-tower siting sunset, drop required studies
Facing competing priorities—rural public-safety and local land-use impact—the committee favored a three-year extension to the cell-tower siting statute (30 VSA §48a) and recommended removing repeated studies, while urging the PUC to improve complaint and customer-interaction procedures.
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The Senate Finance Committee signaled support for a three-year extension of the statutory sunset governing the cell-tower siting process (30 VSA §48a) and for removing repetitive studies from the bill. Chair and members balanced concerns about rural cell coverage and emergency access against local land-use impacts and procedural fairness in siting decisions.
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