$45-million project aims to better connect residents in more than 130 B.C. communities
Work has begun on a project to improve internet access to remote coastal areas around Vancouver Island and along the B.C. coast.
According to a Connected Coast project press release, the $45-million undertaking will involve work to lay “subsea fibre-optic cable” starting at Gabriola Island and moving north to Campbell River and Discovery Island in the coming weeks.
Work will including “26 landing sites” where cable will come to shore, which are crucial pieces of infrastructure that will allow internet service providers to offer high-speed internet, the press release said.
In a separate release, Doug Routley, Nanaimo-North Cowichan MLA, said the project is part of a B.C. government plan to connect every household in the province, including those in remote, rural and Indigenous communities, by 2027.
