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The Planning Board got an update on a long-discussed wireless overlay district bylaw from Adam Burney, Sudbury’s director of planning and community development, during their January 14 meeting. Burney informed the board that he instructed their wireless consultant to draft the bylaw for the board to review.
Burney also told the board that he will ask them to vote to submit a warrant article for the bylaw before the deadline later this month. That would give the board time to continue iterating on the draft bylaw in February and March.
While the details of the bylaw will not be known until the draft is reviewed, the Planning Board has had multiple conversations over nearly three years about their intent with the bylaw. As previously covered in Sudbury Weekly, their overall approach is to balance local control while making it more feasible to improve Sudbury’s wireless infrastructure. More details here.
Discussion on this issue trace all the way back to 2023. At that time, the Town’s consultant presented the results of an analysis of wireless coverage throughout Sudbury, complete with maps. While not surprising to Sudbury residents, the maps indicated that much of Sudbury had “marginal” and “poor” coverage. You can read the 2023 story here. The latest discussion is at timestamp 17:00 below.