The commission is working with Pea River Electric Cooperative to give their members access to high-speed internet.
Both the commission and Pea River Electric attended a profile review by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs to assess the county’s internet needs earlier in the month.
Commission Chairman Steve McKinnon spoke on the project and is glad to address internet access issues that became especially clear during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We need to take better care of our citizens than that...,” McKinnon said after he mentioned seeing families at places like McDonald’s doing homework as an alternative for lack of fast internet.
The CEO of Pea River Electric Cooperative, Jeff Hodges, said that this is an extremely big and expensive project and it will be a community effort to pull the project off. The Broadband Grant Expansion Project will go under review by the Investing in Alabama Counties program before plans move forward with funding.
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