USDA Invests $18.7 Million in Broadband for Rural West Virginia Communities

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invested $18.7 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 6,300 rural households and an estimated 383 farms in Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Barbour and Upshur counties in West Virginia. The Harrison Rural Electrification Association Inc. will use an $18.7 million ReConnect Program grant to construct a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network that is expected to connect 6,320 households, five educational facilities, a critical community facility and approximately 383 farms spread across the five-county region.