Kentucky to receive $1.1 billion from federal program for high-speed internet access across state

The program allots grants to states across the country to help expand affordable and reliable high-speed internet access to underserved communities. Last year, Beshear announced the state received $386 million to fund broadband infrastructure projects across the Commonwealth.

During the announcement Gov. Beshear said the funding will allow projects to reach areas without broadband access.

“More than $200 million now available of the $1.1 billion combined with the match from the private sector will mean we will exceed over a billion dollars in the near future with help from the Biden administration,” Beshear said. “So with this over-billion dollars and the matching billion dollars we will create, I am confident that with what we have already done we will hook up every home and every business in Kentucky.”

The BEAD program is a $42 billion state grant program under the umbrella of the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program allocated grants to states and territories across the U.S. to deploy or upgrade high-speed internet networks.

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