Hawai’i County Passes Law Keeping Cell Towers Away from Homes and Schools
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- Gepubliceerd: vrijdag 15 augustus 2025 14:57
https://ehtrust.org/hawaii-county-passes-law-keeping-cell-towers-away-from-homes-and-schools/
Hawai’i County, commonly known as the Big Island, has passed an ordinance limiting how close cell towers may be constructed to homes and schools. The ordinance is the first of its kind in the island state, and Debra Greene, founder of Safe Tech Hawaii, said this “paves the way for other local jurisdictions in Hawaii to follow suit and implement similar ordinances.”
The legal team at EHT has been working with Big Island residents and Safe Tech Hawaii for months to help push this new regulation over the finish line. “The passage of Bill 24 is a notable victory because, to my knowledge, Hawai’i County, with a population of over 200,000, is the largest community in the U.S. with 600-foot installation setbacks,” said Environmental Health Trust Legal Fellow Zoe Berg.
