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Council awards contract for Main Street fiber and cameras to Network Controls

Anderson City Council · April 28, 2026
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The council unanimously approved a contract with Network Controls to install fiber optics and 24 360-degree cameras along Main Street, adding dark fiber for future use and connecting municipal facilities to reduce reliance on commercial ISPs; the CIO said leasing would likely be to ISPs rather than to individual downtown businesses.

Anderson City Council unanimously approved a contract award to Network Controls for the Main Street Fiber Project, authorizing subsurface fiber installation timed with planned repaving so the city can support higher-bandwidth security cameras and connect municipal facilities by fiber.

Jason Nissen, the city’s chief information officer, said Network Controls was the lowest bidder among five. "We plan to install…

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