Chanute city commissioners authorized the next expansion phase of the city’s fiber optic broadband utility at Monday evening’s meeting. But the project won’t begin until Oct. 1 because of the anticipated waiting time for materials and supplies. If City Manager Todd Newman had waited until the fall to authorize the work during the winter of 2022-23, he said, the expansion might not have begun until the fall of 2023. City officials have ordered transformers and expect it will take 70 weeks for them to arrive. The project will expand fiber through three areas … Officials expect the project to cost $600,000 and to sign up 840 customers, which would bring in an anticipated $189,000 in revenue annually. The construction costs will be paid from the fiber utility’s revenues.
Source: The Chanute Tribune
