ReConnect IV Grant AwardsDeMarus Perry2024-04-19T00:52:42-04:00

ReConnect IV

ReConnect IV

Grant Awards

Grant Awards

Communities

Elim – Golovin – Koyuk – Little Diomede – Nome – Shaktoolik – Shishmaref – St. Michael – Stebbins – Teller/Brevig Mission – Wales – White Mountian

Awarded ReConnect IV Grant of ~ $35M to:

Build ~320 miles of fiber and provide 100 Mbps symmetrical high-speed broadband service to ~ 290 households passed in the grant footprint.
Communities are in some of the most remote, rugged, and culturally diverse geographic areas in the United States
None of these communities are accessible by road

Communities

Cold Bay – Cooper Landing – Fort Yukon – Galena – Illiamna – King Cove – Moose Pass – Port Lions – Sand Point – Seward – Unalaska/Dutch Harbor

Awarded ReConnect IV Grant of ~ $35M to:

Build ~260 miles of fiber and provide 100 Mbps symmetrical high-speed broadband service to ~ 580 households passed in the grant footprint
Communities are in some of the most remote, rugged, and culturally diverse geographic areas in the United States
Only 3 of the 11 communities are accessible by road

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Mukluk Telephone Company

Interior Telephone Company

Next Steps

1
Identify Engineering Firm, Environmental Consultant & Archaeologist – In Process
2
RUS Project Kick-Off – Complete
3
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Notification that Environmental Review – Start Date TBD
– No work on the projects can occur until the successful completion of the environmental review
– Any findings that environmental review requires significant changes to the project will result in the termination of the project
4
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Notification that Environmental Review is Complete
– Within 60 days of environmental review completion, the Company must sign and return the Grant Agreement to RUS – In Process
5
Tribal Outreach & Coordination – Finalizing Plan
6
Finalize Planning and Engineering
7
Initiate Construction
8
Project Completion & Turn-up