Governor Glenn Youngkin Publishes Plan for Virginia to Complete Broadband Access

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Virginia has published a proposal to complete the Commonwealth’s goal of providing high-speed internet connections to all homes, businesses, and community centers. The Department of Housing and Community Development published the Commonwealth’s Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment Final Proposal, which, once approved, will award $613 million in federal funding to connect the last 133,500 Virginia locations not yet covered by high-speed internet services. The grants for broadband installation, administered by DHCD, will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Agency for final approval. The funding will connect 133,500 customers to reliable, high-speed internet and leverage $434 million in private investment from internet providers.