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Select Board votes to back regionwide broadband grant application
Summary
A resident representing KB Fiber asked the board to sign a support letter for a $228 million Vermont broadband funding opportunity; the board voted to approve a letter of support to strengthen the proposal that would cover about 415 addresses and 48 miles of fiber in Williamstown.
Trevor, speaking on behalf of KB Fiber/Blakestown, asked the board to sign a letter of support for a regional broadband grant application. He said Vermont has been allocated $228 million for the program and that the company's application proposes service to several hundred addresses and roughly 48 miles of fiber through the community.
Board members discussed past broadband efforts and expressed some frustration about previous projects that had not reached Williamstown. The board agreed to sign the letter to support the grant application and then formalized that support by motion and voice vote.
Trevor summarized the plan: "The number of address on the letter would be 4 15 addresses, 48 miles of fiber that'd be in this community." He told the board the application deadline was imminent and that the letter carried no fiscal commitment from the town.
