New phone tower to provide 11 kilometres of new coverage across Clyde Mountain

Those are just some of the benefits of the new tower that will provide more coverage on the Kings Highway between Pooh Bear corner and Cabbage Tree Creek, one of the most notorious stretches of road on the Far South Coast.

Telstra Regional General Manager Chris Taylor said the base would use only one sector pointed directly at the Highway to maximise coverage, and was one of the only solar-powered bases seen outside of the outback region of Australia.

"Having no mains power means there's not enough to power three different sectors, so we've really had to focus on the mountain and one sector pointing at the actual road," he said.

"This is the first (solar-powered) one I'm aware of in this region - we always prefer to have mains power if we can get it, but you do what you can in instances like this."

Mr Taylor said the base was originally announced in 2018 under the Black Spot Program, and would provide "11 kilometres of new coverage" along the Highway.

"People will be able to make calls in emergencies, which is really important," he said.

"We've been looking at how we can solve this particular challenge for a number of years, and we're finally in a position to have a site that can deliver some coverage along the top of the mountain.

"We've had a number of options we looked at (with National Parks), and we've landed on one in Buckenbowra.

"We've now got 18 kilometres of coverage along a 23-kilometre stretch over the mountain, and it'll get a good workout with the ACT long weekend coming up."

And while Mr Taylor wasn't directly involved in the construction, he told the Bay Postit would have been a "real challenge".

"That would have been challenging to get all the equipment in and out, but having not been a part of it, it's hard to describe exactly what it's like," he said.

"It would've been over a six-week period to get everything in and built.

"There's enough room on that site if other carriers want to co-locate, so it establishes a base infrastructure there."