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Arapahoe County fiber study recommends targeted county network and dig‑once policy as BEAD grants flow
Summary
Consultants and county staff told commissioners a statewide broadband grant round focused on fiber to homes has produced many applications and that Arapahoe’s study will shift from household deployment to defining county fiber needs, recommending conduit policies and municipal coordination.
Arapahoe County public works officials and NeoConnect consultants presented a fiber master plan update May 20 and said the county will shift emphasis from residential buildout to county fiber infrastructure and policies after recent federal broadband grants funneled to Colorado.
Jim Kotz and Diane Cruz of NeoConnect summarized work funded with federal ARPA dollars and a county RFP. They said the federal Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program — administered in Colorado by the state — attracted multiple applicants in recent rounds; preliminary state data indicate that applications covered almost all unserved and underserved locations in the county.
Diane Cruz said BEAD has prioritised…
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