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Apopka DRC discusses requiring developers to install conduit for future city fiber
Summary
City staff and public safety officials discussed making conduit installation a standard condition for new developments so Apopka can build a city-owned fiber network for public-safety and infrastructure needs.
Apopka’s Development Review Committee discussed June 11 whether to require developers to install conduit during construction so the city can build a dedicated fiber network for public-safety systems and other infrastructure.
Committee members and staff said the requirement could lower future costs, speed deployment of cameras and traffic signal connectivity, and prevent costly retrofits. “We’re missing a lot of opportunity, and we’re already millions and millions of dollars behind to try to retrofit some of those areas of the city,” Police representative Mike McKinley said.
The discussion centered on a practical first step: require a dedicated conduit (empty tubing and mapped conduit boxes) to be placed while ground is open, with the city retaining ownership of that conduit. “It’s conduit box, conduit box, we map it. We need…
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