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USDA Broadband Grant Status
MMU has received two grants from the USDA in 2019 and 2020 to try to help offset the cost of expanding Broadband to rural areas of Saline County.
Below are maps of the areas we have been approved to work in and our progress in completing them.
Updated 6/12/24
Coleman Plumbing has finished plowing North of town along Hwy 41; there are still several bores. The new contractor, Kramer, has started East of town and working on the 2nd contract (2304), there are several bores left to finish this contract. MMU crews are continuing to blow fiber and splice as weather allows. We have started blowing in fiber on Wildcat Road and Hwy 41 East.
2019 Grant Progress
Backbone construction is complete for Grant 1. Come in and sign up anytime.
All Areas | complete | stop by to sign up |
2020 Grant Progress
NOTE: The maps in the table below show planned areas in Grant 2. However, the contracts for conduit do not necessarily match the entire area for any given year. For example, the Kittyhawk map shows the entire Kittyhawk to Quarry area, but only the blue lines on the map are planned for 2023. The completion percentages in the table only reflect the part of the areas that are planned this year. There may be some additional conduit installed by MMU personnel which could increase what gets done this year. Bold lines on maps are the areas of construction.
Contract 2201 (South) | Conduit Complete | ||||
Kittyhawk | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
165th Rd | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
Mt Olive | Complete | Map | |||
YY South | conduit complete | fiber 99% complete | splicing 99% complete | Map | |
185th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
EE South | conduit complete | fiber 95% complete | splicing 99% complete | Map | |
200th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
Contract 2202 (West) | Conduit complete | ||||
Daybreak | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
230th | Complete | Map | |||
250th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
Golden North | conduit complete | fiber 95% complete | splicing 95% complete | Map | |
Contract 2203 (North) | Conduit 99% complete | ||||
Wildcat | Complete | Map | |||
Kite | conduit complete | fiber complete | splicing 90% complete | Map | |
41 North | conduit 95% complete | Map | |||
Klondike | conduit 99% complete | fiber 60% complete | Map | ||
325th | conduit 99% complete | Map | |||
Contract 2301 (East) | Conduit complete | Map | |||
Hwy 240 | conduit complete | fiber 50% complete | Map | ||
230th Rd | conduit complete | Map | |||
Contract 2302 (Southwest) | |||||
Contract 2303 (West) | |||||
Contract 2304 (Southeast) | Conduit 90% complete | Map | |||
Water Tower/Smith Chapel | |||||
Kittyhawk/Smith Chapel | |||||
Magnolia/Nocturne | |||||
Stuckeys/Smith Chapel | |||||
Smith Chapel/Nelson West | |||||
Nocturne/Nelson | |||||
Nocturne/Hwy TT | |||||
Contract 2401 (South) | Bid awarded | ||||
Contract 2402 (Quarry) | Bid awarded | ||||
Remaining Round 2 | We will bid out another 100 miles or so this fall – 2024. |