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Cowlitz County schedules public hearing on Ziply Fiber franchise and approves road bids, consent items
Summary
Cowlitz County commissioners approved the consent agenda, set a March 10 public hearing to consider a nonexclusive Ziply Fiber franchise to install fiber in county rights-of-way, and reviewed multiple road bids and bridge projects; residents raised safety concerns about Highway 411 and a log jam near Allen Street Bridge.
Cowlitz County commissioners on Tuesday voted to add and then schedule a public hearing on a proposed nonexclusive franchise for Ziply Fiber to install fiber in county rights-of-way.
The board approved a motion to call the hearing for March 10 at 9:30 a.m., after Susan Eugenis, the county engineer, told commissioners the franchise process and public hearing requirement are outlined in RCW 36.55. "This would grant them the right to install fiber within the right of way," Eugenis said, and she said any franchisee would be required to comply with the county's utility accommodation policy.
The hearing was one of several formal items approved or noted during a brief meeting in which the board also passed its consent agenda. Consent items included calls for bids for about 13,000…
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