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Hudson details fiber-to-the-home contracting plan and installation sequencing
Summary
City staff presented multiple resolutions to authorize bidding and contracts for aerial and underground fiber installation, customer-premise equipment and customer laterals, describing technical choices (use existing poles where possible) and a new sequencing approach to connect signed-up homes sooner; costs cited include contracts not to exceed $500,000 and $1,000,000 lines and an $18M overall program.
City staff presented a multi-part plan and associated resolutions to advance the fiber-to-the-home (Velocity) project, including separate authorizations for aerial fiber work, underground conduit, contractor pools for in-home installations, and laterals from the right of way to houses.
Staff explained the aerial contract (labor and equipment) is for work using existing poles when feasible and the underground contract would follow existing…
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