Ellsworth extends planned fiber optic route
A high-speed, fiber optic broadband project under development in Ellsworth has been extended another mile, with the plan now calling for three miles of the infrastructure.
The Ellsworth American reported that Ellsworth City Council approved an additional $30,000 toward the cost of the broadband Internet project at the recommendation of the contractor, Portland-based Tilson Technology Management. The extension will allow more potential customers to be served, City Manager David Cole told the paper.
The now-$308,000 project would start at Harbor Park, then head north on Water Street, where a hub station would be located at the site of the old wastewater treatment plant, and onto State Street before turning onto Church Street to serve City Hall.
The bulk of the project, $250,000, is coming from a Northern Border Regional Commission grant awarded to the Ellsworth Business Development Corp. in 2014. That group has been spearheading the effort to bring higher-speed Internet service to the city.
The remaining money will come from the city's economic development tax-increment financing, or TIF, program.
The city will own the broadband infrastructure, but it won’t provide the Internet service, the paper reported.
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