3:58pm Saturday 29th December 2007
By Alex Lewis
A PROPOSED mobile phone mast on a busy St Albans road is dangerous as it will obstruct a speed camera, according to neighbours as well as police.
An equipment cabinet on the eight-metre mast at the corner of Sandpit Lane and Gurney Court Road would obscure images of speeding motorists from a mobile camera van for which a special lay-by has been constructed.
The planning application by Pha Communications Ltd has already been refused by the district council, but the company has appealed.
Resident Frank Hore said: "The cabinet is huge - big enough to conceal a car behind.
"In the last three years there have been eight personal injury collisions there.
"That camera is essential to stop the figures rising even higher."
An objection sent by police to the inspector considering the appeal states: "Telecommunications equipment at this location would interfere with the sightlines necessary to carry out this activity."
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