Clallam County and Astound Announce $22 Million Project to Deliver High-Speed Fiber Internet to Rural Areas

Clallam County (WA) and Astound announced a partnership to bring high-speed fiber internet connectivity to a large unserved and underserved rural area of the county that generally extends along and parallel to the approximately 15-mile State Route 112 Highway corridor, beginning just west of Port Angeles. Once complete, the project will provide more than 1,500 homes with access to Astound’s fiber-to-the-home network, delivering symmetrical speeds of up to 5 gigabits per second. This $22.2 million partnership is backed by a combination of funding source.

• $16 million from the Washington State Broadband Office via the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
• $4.5 million from the Washington State Department of Commerce Public Works Board Broadband Program, including grants from the ARPA Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund
• $1.7 million from Clallam County