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Local broadband provider outlines BEAD-funded plan to extend fiber to unserved Willard addresses
Summary
A local internet provider told the council it plans to extend fiber to dozens of unserved addresses using federal/state BEAD funding, said overhead placement would minimize disruption, and agreed to provide route maps and address lists for the next meeting.
A local internet provider presented to the Willard City Council a plan to extend fiber to unserved homes in and around Willard using federal and state BEAD funding. The presenter described an approach that prioritizes overhead construction on existing poles to avoid extensive digging and promised to provide the council a visual map of proposed routes and an address list showing which households were included in the BEAD allocations.
Council members and residents raised questions about whether new builds would duplicate existing providers and asked for a clear map of planned pole or underground routes. The presenter said most of the proposed connections would go along Main Street (east side) and then extend to individual properties on the bench and that he could share the link and the list of targeted addresses before the council's next meeting.
