Perry County Tribune
Local transit systems across the state will see a boost in communication access thanks to a $6.8 million federal grant.
Perry County Transit is on the list of local transit agencies that will benefit through funding from a federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant that funds the state’s Transit Tech Ohio program, an initiative to improve on transportation program across the state.
The project will expand broadband access into areas of the state that are underserved including parts of Perry County, allowing each of the agencies better access to broadband and improving communications. The program will upgrade scheduling and dispatch service.
Other agencies in the area to receive funding include transits in Athens and Logan and Muskingum Counties.
According to a spokesperson from the Ohio Department of Transportation, the project will streamline communication across the state, but especially in the rural areas where internet access less prevalent, like Perry, Morgan and Vinton counties. Because of this initiative, businesses, education facilities and residential homes in rural areas could soon see better internet. Signal towers will have hardware installed on them for transit, but eventually the broadband result could be for everyone.
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