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Yuma County approves LATCF interest use to advance fiber and AgTech wireless towers
Summary
The Board authorized use of unallocated LATCF interest/funds to help extend fiber to fixed‑wireless towers and advanced construction of an AgTech wireless network; county staff noted ARPA and state grants already fund most work and construction is underway.
The Yuma County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 19 authorized using unallocated LATCF interest and related program income to help fund the next phase of the county—roadband program, advancing a fixed‑wireless AgTech tower network and fiber connections to those towers.
Deputy County Administrator Josh Scott told the board the county has allocated $5,400,000 for monopole construction for the wireless portion and that the overall middle‑mile Bridal Mile fiber project has received roughly $29,700,000 in combined funding to date. Scott said the wireless design contemplates 34 sites to cover more than 150,000 acres and that the current construction budget will allow the county to build 22 of those sites now. He described the monopoles as roughly 50 feet tall and…
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