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Putnam Commission Approves $12 Million For Fiberoptic Project

Three minutes of the Putnam County Commission’s meeting of Tuesday, February 28, was devoted to the Putnam County Fiberoptic Broadband Project.

The project has been on hold since December since all bids for labor were far in excess of estimates. Fiberoptic Director Ronnie Lovejoy informed the Commission that $5 million could be saved by going with General Services Administration Federal Pricing. Lovejoy said that Mountain State Fiber has agreed to federal pricing of $11.1 million…