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Kittitas County lays out $14M+ broadband push, seeks help verifying serviceable locations for BEAD applications
Summary
Public Works reported three broadband projects — roughly $3M (Public Works Board), $11M (state broadband grants) and a BEAD application requiring a 25% match across seven project areas that together cover more than 7,000 serviceable locations — and asked the board to authorize compensating a local expert to verify non‑serviceable 'haystacks' before BEAD applications are submitted.
Josh Fredrickson of Kittitas County Public Works updated the commissioners on three broadband projects aimed at expanding high‑speed Internet in rural parts of the county.
Fredrickson said a Public Works Board grant (just over $3,000,000) will fund backbone fiber construction expected to begin in the first quarter of 2025 and serve more than 500 parcels currently without high‑speed service. A second, Washington State Broadband Office project (described in the record at about $11,000,000) is…
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