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Georgetown council approves public right-of-way license with Google Fiber Texas
Summary
Council approved a nonexclusive public right-of-way license with Google Fiber Texas to permit citywide fiber deployment; company said its intention is to pass every resident and small business, starting in the southeast and coordinating with city capital projects.
The Georgetown City Council voted to approve a nonexclusive public right-of-way license agreement with Google Fiber Texas, authorizing the company to install broadband infrastructure across the city.
City staff described the agreement as the permit Google needs to install fiber in public rights-of-way; John Michael Cortez, head of government and community affairs for Google Fiber in Texas, told the council the company intends to build a network that “pass[es] every resident and small business in this community.”
The license covers installation work in streets and…
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