Description: "The Connect New Mexico Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”) aims to bridge the digital divide and foster socioeconomic progress by providing infrastructure grants for broadband deployment to unserved and underserved communities across New Mexico.Funding for the Pilot Program is provided by the American Rescue Plan Act’s Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and the New Mexico Legislature, through House Bill 2, appropriated $123,066,812 from the Capital for expenditure by the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) in fiscal years 2022 through 2025 to 'plan, design, construct, renovate and equip broadband, including alternative and satellite broadband, statewide.' "Description source: https://connect.nm.gov/pilot-program.htmlDates:Wave 1: Project areas were submitted by the applicants on/before September 2022 (application deadline), and awarded areas were announced in November 2022.Wave 2: Project areas were submitted by the applicants on/before December 2022 (application deadline), and awarded areas were announced in March 2023.Wave 3: Project areas were submitted by the applicants on/before April 2023 (application deadline), and awarded areas were announced in September 2023.This feature class is up to date as of 2/26/2024.
Service Item Id: 0f694d727032425a8ddff23102e93e87
Copyright Text: New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE), Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC)