Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Paso Fiber Connect Project will provide broadband connectivity along a number of major corridors and within key commercial zones in the City of Paso Robles. The project will create innovation by delivering affordable and reliable high‐speed internet to industrial, manufacturing and tech companies as well as residents in the opportunity zone. This project is considered “Phase I” of a multi‐phased project. Phase I, for which the City seeks EDA grant funding, has two components: 1. Involves the installation of new fiber‐optic cable that will capitalize on the City’s investment in conduit infrastructure deployment over the last five years; and 2. Involves the installation of new fiberoptic cable in conduit in locations where conduit does not currently exist, providing broadband access for many of the City’s major industrial centers. Areas to be connected include the City’s Uptown, Downtown, Gateway, Commerce, Union, and Wisteria commercial zones. Phase I will also connect the network to an internet point of presence in Paso Robles’s Downtown, effectively bringing options for wholesale broadband for businesses and for the City itself to connect its facilities. A future “Phase II” will connect additional commercial locations in the City including the Erskine and Airport commercial areas, as well as creating a redundant backbone.
