Idaho Publishes BEAD Application Project Areas
Comments will be accepted through Dec. 19, 2024.

Comments will be accepted through Dec. 19, 2024.
Nov. 22, 2024 – The state of Idaho announced Thursday that it published a map of proposed project areas for public comment under the nation’s largest broadband funding program.
Idaho’s Office of Broadband and the Idaho Broadband Advisory Board noted in a new update provided by Idaho Office of Broadband Director Ramón Hobdey-Sánchez that the state’s proposed application project areas under the Biden administration’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program have been opened for public comment.
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