September 1, 2020 / For Immediate Release
MUNICIPALITY OF THE DISTRICT OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA – The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg has committed to financial support of $1,925,250 to provide approximately 5,650 homes and business access to Bell Canada’s all-fibre network. This project, through the provincial Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative, will provide residents with download speeds of up to 1.5 Gigabits.
“These new projects will bring fibre based high-speed Internet to every district within the Municipality,” said Dave Waters, Director of Business Development, Tourism and Infrastructure. “We will also continue to work on connecting any remaining underserved residents through Develop Nova Scotia, which is leading the provincial initiative and through the upcoming Federal Universal Broadband fund.”
There are 9 new projects for the Municipality:
- Upper LaHave
- New Elm
- Springfield
- Mahone Bay North
- Lunenburg Area
- Lunenburg County Northwest
- Lunenburg County North
- LaHave
- Bridgewater area
“We continue to work to improve access to high-speed Internet for our residents and businesses,” says Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-Getson. “Since 2016 we’ve increased high-speed Internet connections from approximately 60% to 72%. These additional projects will increase our connectivity to roughly 95% of households with wired Internet above 50Mbps in the Municipality.”
Maps of the projects will be posted on modl.ca/Internet by the middle of September. The Municipality intends to keep working to connect residents not covered by these projects.
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Media contact:
Dave Waters
Director of Business Development, Tourism and Infrastructure
Phone: 902-521-5945
Fibre Project Milestones
- Milestone 1A is the field detailing or collection of data from the project area that help design the fibre network.
- Milestone 1B is our completed engineering package which includes detailed design and results in fibre orders being placed with Corning.
- Milestone 2 relates to permits with the Department of Forest and Lands and Make Ready by NS Power. This involves replacing some poles, adding anchors, perhaps raising their own attachments, etc. This is a fairly lengthy process to complete with DFL.
- Milestone 3 involves tree trimming and fibre construction. There is some overlap between milestones 2 and 3.
- Finally, Milestone 4 involves commissioning of the fibre network and opening the area for sales.