Kentucky is getting more than $180 million from the U.S. Department of Treasury in additional American Rescue Plan funds targeted toward increasing affordable, high-speed internet.
Kentucky’s funds will support the state’s Broadband Deployment Fund, a competitive grant program that aims to provide internet to areas that currently have no internet service or slow internet service.
Governor Andy Beshear said the latest funding will connect 45,000 households and businesses to high-speed internet.
The governor added that, in total, with Kentucky’s own investments and other American Rescue Plan funding received prior to this, the state now has nearly $600 million dedicated to expanding internet access.
Kentucky’s Broadband Deployment Office believes this latest funding will help serve around 16% of locations still lacking high-speed internet access.
Source: WDRB
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