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Edmonds staff seeks 20-year renewal of WSDOT fiber agreement; to be placed on council consent
Summary
City staff recommended the Council approve a 20-year renewal of the 2005 WSDOT fiber agreement that provides Edmonds roughly 60% of a 36-strand fiber run, noting the city is responsible for repairs if the line is damaged; staff asked that the item be placed on the consent agenda next week.
Edmonds staff asked Council Committee A on July 1 to put a proposed 20-year renewal of the city’s WSDOT fiber agreement on the consent agenda for next week’s full council meeting. The agreement would extend terms that date to a 2005 contract that brought the city’s first fiber into Edmonds and carries about 36 strands from Highway 99 to the ferry terminal.
The renewal request matters because the city uses roughly 60% of that fiber run for main internet access and to connect multiple municipal buildings, staff said. Under the proposed renewal,…
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