Clark County to spend nearly $3M to improve broadband in rural areas

“Access to high-speed internet has become essential for rural families in today’s economy,” Commission President Melanie Flax Wilt said. “Rural residents are workers, students, businesses and consumers and technology is a great equalizer that will allow our rural communities to prosper.”

The first phase of the project will construct an additional 61 miles of infrastructure and expand broadband infrastructure to about 415 households in the county.

Nearly 5% of Clark County’s population does not have access to high-speed broadband internet.