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AllPoints Broadband contractor outlines ARPA‑funded fiber build to reach about 2,450 Woodford homes
Summary
AllPoints Broadband and contractor CongruX told the Woodford County Fiscal Court they will begin construction in Shelbyville in mid‑January and will build fiber across Shelby, Woodford and Mercer counties, passing roughly 5,700 addresses overall and about 2,450 in Woodford; an 80% milestone is expected by Sept. 30 next year.
Philip Brown of AllPoints Broadband and Christian Blasier, engineering project lead for contractor CongruX, updated the Woodford County Fiscal Court on an ARPA‑funded fiber‑to‑the‑home project spanning Shelby, Woodford and Mercer counties. Brown said the work is a build‑to‑suit project with CongruX as the general contractor.
"This project ... will pass about 5,700 residential addresses," Christian Blasier told the court. He described plans for roughly 575 miles of conduit and 850 miles of fiber across all three counties and said Woodford alone will see hundreds of miles of conduit and about 2,450 homes passed. Blasier said the engineering phase is underway and that construction in Shelbyville will begin about Jan. 12.
Blasier described the county‑level outreach plan: door hangers with a phone number and QR code linking to a project website and street sheets that show daily work locations. He said the build will be primarily underground and ‘‘we will do this underground unless I absolutely have to’’ put lines on poles, and that crews will minimize boring by using plow methods where feasible.
On schedule, Blasier gave two target milestones: "80% substantial completion" by Sept. 30 of next year and full completion by mid‑December of the same year. He said construction in all three counties will proceed simultaneously, with Shelbyville completing earlier.
Magistrates raised questions about where crews will start, whether underground utilities will be maintained, and the availability of build maps. Blasier said he will provide routing and schedule maps within a couple of weeks and that the company is seeking lay‑down yards and local points to store equipment and materials.
The presentation emphasized measures to reduce community disruption: agreed standard work hours (with KYTC‑requested limits in some locations), pre‑notice door hangers, and a web‑accessible street‑sheet so residents can confirm crews working near their properties.
The judge executive and magistrates thanked the AllPoints/CongruX team for the briefing and said the county will share maps and scheduling information once received.
