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Plan urges broadband expansion and energy/wastewater strategies alongside growth controls
Summary
The General Plan urges expanding broadband to job centers and rural areas, supports alternative energy and county fleet electrification, and documents wastewater and groundwater protection policies for unincorporated areas relying on septic systems.
Box Elder County’s planning materials include a series of cross‑cutting infrastructure priorities beyond roads and water: broadband expansion, energy transition, and wastewater protection. The plan calls for working with internet service providers and seeking grants to extend wired service and improve speeds in rural western areas, and specifically encourages expanding broadband to job centers and growth areas.
On energy, the plan supports private utility planning for long‑range reliability and suggests county actions such as converting the county fleet to electric vehicles, retrofitting county buildings with solar roofs and insulation, and installing charging stations where reasonable. The plan also addresses wastewater management: larger communities should retain centralized systems but many unincorporated homes will continue to rely on septic systems; the Bear River Health Department will use soil‑type mapping to identify areas suitable for septic‑supported development to limit cumulative groundwater impacts.
The plan ties these infrastructure policies back to responsible land‑use: Box Elder supports growth within communities where adequate services exist and does not support extending services into areas not identified for future development.
