BT is proposing to get rid of 17 pay phones across Perth and Kinross.
The council has been notified by BT that 17 phones in the region are “not being used enough” to warrant keeping the active.
A 90-day consultation period has now started to allow communities to have their view.
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The figures include a pay phones in Madderty and Rannoch which have an average 0 calls per month
Other payphones used just once a month on average include another in Rannoch, one in Calvine and another at Greenloaning.
Two phones in Dunkeld - on Perth Road and High Street - averaged just two calls per month, as did facilities at Fortingall and Bridge of Tilt.
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The other phones being considered for removal are South Street, Milnathort; Newhouse Road/Struan Road junction, Perth; James Square, Crieff; The Square, Kinloch Rannoch, Pitlochry; East Moulin Road, Pitlochry; High Street, Blairgowrie; George Square, Coupar Angus.
Overall use of payphones has declined by over 90 per cent in the last decade while BT says the need to provide payphones for use in emergency situations is “diminishing all the time”, with at least 98 per cent of the UK having mobile coverage.
The 90 day consultation period finishes on September 27.
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Communities are asked to make their views known via their local authority by September 13 and can submit their comments to Perth and Kinross Council by email to developmentmanagement@pkc.gov.uk or through their local community council.
Communities can take on a phonebox for just £1 if it wishes.
It can then be used for community purposes such as a library/book exchange, defibrillator location or food larder.
Highland ward councillor John Duff has urged people to have their say, especially in his own region, where many of the phoneboxes are.
He said: “While I appreciate that our use of payphones has declined significantly over the years, many communities still value having a payphone locally, especially where a mobile phone signal can be intermittent or non-existent on occasions, or for the use of those who do not have a mobile phone.
“I would urge residents local to the affected call boxes to make their views known to the council prior to September 13 so that the local authority can respond to BT’s consultation.”
