Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia has published a proposal to complete the Commonwealth’s goal of providing high-speed internet connection to all homes, businesses, and community centers.
The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) published the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal which, once approved, will award $613 million in federal funding to connect the last 133,500 Virginia locations not yet covered by high-speed internet services.
The program has recommended awards for broadband expansion projects in Accomack and Northampton Counties, totaling 4,133 locations…