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County certifies program EIR for countywide broadband fiber plan to speed grant-funded projects
Summary
Supervisors certified a program-level environmental impact report for El Dorado County's broadband fiber project, creating a CEQA framework that future build projects can tier off to accelerate design and state grant processes.
The Board of Supervisors voted to certify a program-level environmental impact report (EIR) for a countywide broadband fiber project, clearing a major step toward delivering publicly funded broadband infrastructure through multiple grant awards.
The program EIR provides countywide environmental analysis for future fiber installations (buried conduit and aerial fiber on poles) across unincorporated areas, Caltrans right-of-way and other public corridors. County planning staff and consultants said the…
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