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Committee reviews fiber expansion plan to add redundancy for public safety and connect remaining city facilities

Tuscaloosa City committee meeting · April 29, 2026
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Summary

IT staff presented a multi-year plan to finish fiber connections to remaining city facilities, add redundant paths for public-safety operations and move several overhead lines underground; this year’s request targets a loop to serve Fire Station 6 and underground segments into the River Market and McFarland corridors.

IT staff briefed the committee on a multi-year fiber expansion program designed to provide direct fiber connections to every city facility, add redundant paths for public-safety and utility locations, and place several existing overhead links underground to reduce outage risk.

The year’s request focuses on three segments: a new connection loop serving the new Fire…

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