Telstra's planning application for a 35 metre tower is on the Wodonga Council agenda on Monday night.

But one nearby resident said the lack of response from councillors to their concerns smacked of a deal already in place.

Rob McCracken said mayor Kevin Poulton had only agreed to a last minute meeting with another objector when frustrated residents made it clear they would be contacting media.

"They've ignored us all along," Mr McCracken said.

"We expected more, the councillors are there to represent the people, but no one has been listening.

"We're just hoping the councillors listen to the people.

"We've got 100 concerned residents on the objection letter when they vote on Monday night."

Mr McCracken also cast doubt on Telstra claims other sites had been thoroughly investigated.

"We're asking them to go back and try harder and look at these six sites they've mentioned or find some other sites which are more suitable away from residential property," he said.

"We can't not to see it. It is 35 metres high so it's a big one.

"It will ruin the beautiful nature reserve we've got on the hill and there there is no doubt it's going to detract from property values as well.

"We don't want this thing dumped in our backyard when there are other options."

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Telstra regional manager Loretta Willaton confirmed four sites were investigated and Telstra and Bears Hill was the most suitable selection when coverage demands and engineering, property and planning constraints were considered.

"While the facility will be visible to a certain extent, the visual impact will be minimised by locating the tower below the highest point on the hill and screened by existing, mature vegetation and trees at Bears Hill and is considered acceptable in an urban context," she said.

"In the interests of improving mobile services to the wider Wodonga community, Telstra is also proposing to co-locate mobile services at this site with Optus.

"This would improve services not only for Telstra customers but also allow Optus to improve services to its customers without the need to build another, separate mobile site.

"This area, near the proposed mobile site in Wodonga, is experiencing rapid residential growth especially with the construction of the White Box Rise development.

"The uptake of mobile devices and the demand for mobile data here is far outgrowing other services such as fixed line.

"With greater use of mobile services and the increased pressure on existing surrounding mobile sites to meet this demand, the existing mobile base stations in Wodonga are operating at or near capacity and are unable to adequately service this growing part of the city."

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