Canton Moving Forward on Major Broadband Fiber Initiative
March 1, 2023 2:22PM EST
FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, file photo, Carl Roath, left, a worker with the Mason County (Wash.) Public Utility District, pulls fiber optic cable off of a spool, as he works with a team to install broadband internet service to homes in a rural area surrounding Lake Christine near Belfair, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – Canton City Council this week gave first reading to an ordinance that greatly expands the city’s broadband fiber network.
The city is able to use $6.6 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to run fiber for the city’s traffic cameras and license plate readers.
That supports the city’s Real Time Crime Center.
Another $1 million will go for equipment for that purpose, with more fiber tying the city’s buildings together.
There’s also a plan that could bring high-speed internet to every household in the city.
This ordinance builds the “backbone” to that system, running fiber up and down major streets.
Construction should begin this fall…
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