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Commission approves right-of-way license and construction agreement with Ubiquiti North Dakota for citywide fiber option

3071577 · April 21, 2025
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The commission approved a public right-of-way license and construction agreement with Ubiquiti North Dakota LLC to allow citywide fiber installation; the license includes a 4% payment provision similar to a franchise fee and engineering will oversee permitting and restoration requirements.

On April 21 the West Fargo City Commission approved a public right-of-way license agreement and a construction agreement with Ubiquiti North Dakota LLC to allow that company to install a citywide fiber network and offer leasing of dark fiber to service providers.

City Engineer Dan Hansen explained that Ubiquiti is not itself necessarily a service provider but would install and own fiber infrastructure and lease capacity to third-party providers. Because…

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