Undated - Efforts to expand high-speed internet across rural northern Michigan will get a $920 million boost from a federal grant. Over the next four years, broadband is expected to become available to an additional 200,000 homes and businesses.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer says that combined with $550 million in matching funds from providers, the almost $1.5 billion investment is a potential game-changer for rural counties.
The federal grant was announced in 2023, but it’s taken two years to get projects in local communities lined up for disbursement of those funds. The investment is expected to add 31,000 miles of fiber-optic lines across the state.
Rural Michigan broadband access to jump with $920M in fed funding
