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West Virginia BEAD Broadband Expansion Project

Sector: Broadband • Location: Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Source: News and Sentinel

Project
Planned

West Virginia plans to use $625 million of the $1.2 billion federal BEAD grant to expand high-speed broadband to 73,701 locations across the state. The project involves awarding funds to nine provisional subgrantees to connect unserved and underserved areas, with additional funding from subgrantees and the state. The project includes a five-point plan to reduce deployment costs and barriers, inclu

Status
Prospective
Sector
Broadband, Telecommunications, Residential, Commercial, Government
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
News and Sentinel

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The project “West Virginia BEAD Broadband Expansion Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Broadband sector, located in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from News and Sentinel.

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West Virginia plans to use $625 million of the $1.2 billion federal BEAD grant to expand high-speed broadband to 73,701 locations across the state. The project involves awarding funds to nine provisional subgrantees to connect unserved and underserved areas, with additional funding from subgrantees and the state. The project includes a five-point plan to reduce deployment costs and barriers, including improvements to the Dig Once policy, streamlined permitting, and coordination between ISPs and utilities.

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Telecommunications

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United States of America (USA)

State

West Virginia

City

Charleston

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Broadband, Telecommunications, Residential, Commercial, Government

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2025-09-16

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