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Virginia broadband office outlines BEAD rollout, Make Ready fund and timeline for 100,000 eligible locations
Summary
State broadband officials told the Broadband Advisory Council that Virginia expects roughly 100,000 BEAD-eligible locations, has opened a 150-day application window (60-day LOI then 90-day full application), and will run a Virginia Make Ready initiative with $30 million to accelerate high-cost builds and preserve ARPA-funded projects.
State broadband officials on the Broadband Advisory Council on Thursday laid out the next phase of federal and state broadband spending, saying Virginia expects about 100,000 locations to be eligible for federal BEAD funding and that the state will open application rounds and a new Make Ready fund to protect projects funded with ARPA money.
The Office of Broadband said Virginia’s BEAD allocation is $1.48 billion and that the program requires states to identify solutions for eligible locations by the federal deadline. "We expect it to be around 100,000 eligible locations around the Commonwealth," a staff presenter said, explaining the number was reduced from an earlier estimate after providers built out additional locations and other federal programs captured service areas.
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