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Environmental effects of implementing ultra fast broadband and mobile infrastructure

In 2014, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment contracted Jacobs SKM to undertake an assessment of the environmental effects associated with selected telecommunications infrastructure and their construction/installation. This report presents the findings of that assessment and outlines the application of the Resource Management Act 1991 to the rollout of telecommunications infrastructure; in particular telecommunications cables and mobile network antennas.

In 2014, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment contracted Jacobs SKM to undertake an assessment of the environmental effects associated with selected telecommunications infrastructure and their construction/installation. This report presents the findings of that assessment and outlines the application of the Resource Management Act 1991 to the rollout of telecommunications infrastructure; in particular telecommunications cables and mobile network antennas.

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