Construction of the long-awaited Telstra tower, located 40 kilometres north-west of Wellington, began mid-October as part the Australian Government’s Mobile Black Spot Program announced in 2015.

Telstra Country Wide Western NSW area general manager Scott Curtin describe the tower as a significant moment for the community.

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“We’ve been able to fill in some of the highways and busy Goolma Road,” he said.

“Here’s to plenty of use of the network, safety of the community and hopefully the businesses can use it as much as possible.”

The majority of residents welcomed the 4G coverage, but Tim and Chris Warner – who live in the Goolma township – expressed some concern.

“It’s only doing a small part of the highway,” Tim said. 

Chris added, “we are happy that we got it but it’s just some areas are still in a blackspot and the main concern was accidents.”