MORRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — Morris County is one of 24 Texas counties chosen to receive funding in the second round of the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas Program, better known as BOOT.
According to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s office, $701.9 million in awards were announced on Wednesday.
The second round, or BOOT II, aims to continue enhancing broadband access for rural and underserved communities statewide.
Hegar’s office says the BOOT initiative is funded partly by the federal Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund and supplemented by voter-approved state revenue.
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“This historic investment will ensure that reliable, high-speed broadband — critical to health care, education and economic development — is available to every person in these counties,” Hegar said. “The counties selected for this program demonstrated a pressing need for broadband infrastructure investment, and this program will provide vital assistance to help these communities access essential online resources.”
The grant money is being administered by the Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office and agreements totaling $424.6 million have been finalized to cover projects in 13 of the 24 selected counties during BOOT’s second round.
Morris County is one of the 13 counties where a broadband infrastructure project will occur.
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