Fiber Optic Progress in the Chair City has Begun
Work utilizing the $200,000 fiber grant Gardner was awarded in the summer of 2023 has begun. Some have reached out to ask what the crews are doing.
Gardner Director of Information Technology Bob O’Keefe wrote, “The City has Com-Tract installing Fiber from the Fire house to the former Waterford School and from the Police Station to the High School. The entire project will take approx. 6 weeks.”
Mayor Nicholson explained in a statement, “Some of you have reached out asking about crews running wires throughout the City recently. This work is related to the $200,000 grant the City was awarded last August from the Commonwealth’s Municipal Fiber Grant to connect all of our City buildings with fiber optic cable.”
Here is our complete Article from August 2023 with all the details, CLICK HERE – Original Press Release, CLICK HERE.