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Herriman officials say All West partnership could expand fiber citywide and avoid $60 million bond
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City hosts said negotiations with internet provider All West would let the company use city conduit and public utility easements to build fiber across Herriman; officials said the arrangement could eliminate the need for a roughly $60,000,000 municipal bond while letting the city use the network to manage infrastructure.
Herriman city leaders said this week they are negotiating with All West to expand high‑speed fiber across the city by allowing the company to use existing conduit and Public Utility Easements (PUEs), a move officials said could avoid putting a roughly $60,000,000 bond before voters.
"When we went to run the final numbers to bond for that, the initial bond ... interest rates ... made it just wasn't feasible at that point," Speaker 1 said, describing the city's earlier plan to build a municipal fiber network. "We're hoping now with a partner like this, with kind of some shared costs, we can still do that without having to bond for that, that…
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