$1B for WA broadband gets Trump administration approval
More than $1 billion to bring high-speed internet to more than 166,000 homes and businesses will soon flow in Washington.
The federal government approved the state’s plans for spending the money this week, a final hurdle to accessing the funds.
Washington was one of the last states to get the OK from the feds for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program.
Most of the money, $736 million, comes from the federal government. The state match makes up $112 million, and private dollars add another $163 million, according to the state Department of Commerce. The state expects further guidance on roughly $464 million in additional money in the spring, to bring its total federal funding to $1.2 billion. It’s unclear what that pot of funding can be used for.
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