Nov. 6 Briefing Deadline Set on N.J. Residents’ Motion to Intervene in Verizon Tower Fight

U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp for New Jersey in Trenton set a Nov. 6 briefing deadline on the motion of seven Belmar, New Jersey, residents to intervene in Verizon’s complaint to force Monmouth County’s approval of its application to install nine small wireless facilities (SWFs) in the public rights-of-way, said the judge’s text-only order Friday (docket 3:23-cv-18091). The would-be intervenors, banding together as a grass-roots organization they call Belmar Against 5G Towers, are individuals who live and own property in the immediate vicinity of the SWFs, and will be “directly and adversely affected” if the SWFs are built and go into operation, said their motion to intervene Wednesday (see 2309280027).