Broadband access grants will help leverage more than $18.7 million of investment from AT&T Wisconsin to improve service in Door County.
Gov. Tony Evers, with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, announced the award of $43.2 million in grants funded by the American Rescue Plan Act to expand access to broadband across the state. The 30 projects awarded funding will expand high-speed internet access to approximately 16,000 residential and business locations in the state.
In Door County:
- $552,299 was awarded to build FTTP service for 609 residential properties and 67 businesses in the town of Sturgeon Bay
- $960,000 was awarded to build FTTP service for 1,573 residential and 204 business locations in the town of Egg Harbor
- $816,693 was awarded to build FTTP service for 1,749 residential and 159 business locations
Since 2019, the PSC has now awarded grants to help more than 410,000 homes and businesses access new or improved broadband services.
In November 2023, Evers and PSC announced that 124 applications requesting $221.6 million were submitted for the Capital Projects Fund Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program, showing continued strong demand for expanded access.
