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Supervisors hear county radio-system recap, staff urges CIP for portables, backhaul and frequency
Summary
Staff summarized the Isle of Wight County’s 2018 $8.3 million regional 800 MHz P25 radio upgrade, noted a 10-year Motorola maintenance contract, and urged CIP funding to replace end-of-life portables, add fiber backhaul for redundancy, and plan for future frequency capacity.
Isle of Wight County staff reviewed the county’s regional radio system and asked supervisors to consider capital improvements to keep it reliable. The presenter said the original project cost about $8,300,000 and went live in 2018; the system is an 800 megahertz, P25 ‘system-of-systems’ that shares core operations with Suffolk and York County and is maintained under a 10‑year agreement with Motorola Solutions.
Staff described three near-term priorities for the county’s capital-improvement plan: replace the portable radios purchased in 2018 that are nearing end-of-life, add fiber-based backhaul to supplement existing microwave links (which currently provide the…
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