Nebraska Announces Capital Projects Fund Round Two

June 10, 2024 - Nebraska announced Tuesday that it is awarding $31 million in broadband infrastructure grants as part of the second round of Capital Project Fund to bring internet access to areas that submitted challenge requests.

The second round of Capital Projects Fund allocations, a $10 billion federal funding program to address challenges laid bare by COVID-19, will fund Internet Service Providers in projects that will expand Internet access in underserved and unserved areas of Nebraska. The Nebraska Public Service Commission received 60 applications for this round and will fund 28. It is anticipated that this initiative will extend high-speed internet access to 1,640 unserved and 1,570 underserved areas in the state.