The state Legislature on Tuesday passed important legislation enabling the state to take full advantage of some $7.2 billion in federal stimulus funds authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for broadband deployment initiatives.
The funding is particularly important to efforts to expand broadband in the many underserved areas in Western Mass., according to information provided by Rep. Denis E. Guyer, D-Dalton, and Sen. Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield.
“An Act Relating to Economic Recovery Through Broadband Initiatives in Massachusetts expands on the work the Legislature did last session with the broadband bill that provided $40 million to expand and improve Internet access in unserved and underserved communities, many of which lie within my district,” said Guyer, whose crescent-shaped district stretches through the region’s hilltowns and farmlands from the Vermont to the New York borders.
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