Kansas Official Says Capital Projects Fund Better Suited Than BEAD for Some High-Cost Rural Areas

The CPF allows the state to contribute more money toward builds, the state official said.

Kansas Official Says Capital Projects Fund Better Suited Than BEAD for Some High-Cost Rural Areas
Photo of Jade Piros de Carvalho, via kansascommerce.gov.

CRYSTAL CITY, Va., October 13, 2022 – The private matching fund requirement of the Capital Projects Fund, which allows states to contribute more to builds, are better suited to serve some high-cost rural communities than those of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, said the director of broadband development at the Kansas Department of Commerce on Thursday.

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