Verizon plan to install 5G poles along popular Jersey Shore beach stirs uproar

Residents of a Jersey Shore borough and representatives from Verizon Wireless will clash Tuesday evening over a plan to install 5G towers along a popular stretch of beach. 

Officials in Spring Lake will hear public comments on an application from Verizon to install six 5G small cell utility poles along Ocean Avenue as part of a push by the telecommunications giant to expand its 5G network in New Jersey that has many residents in uproar. Locals say construction of the 35-ft. towers would disrupt beach activities and threaten the environment, as well as be an unwanted eyesore on the beloved co