Many residents and businesses in Bruce County are about to enter the world of high-speed reliable Internet service through the Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) program.
In a release from the province, it states more than 350 residents and businesses in Bruce County are another step closer to the enhanced service.
Rural areas in the Municipality of South Bruce and east of the community of Lucknow within the Township of Huron-Kinloss, as well as residents in the Village of Formosa, will soon be able to take advantage.
The infrastructure project is worth over $2.4 million.
The Governments of Canada and Ontario each committed over $640,000 to fund this broadband expansion project to help create more economic and educational opportunities in rural, remote and underserved areas of Bruce County.
Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson says she thrilled with the construction and states, “The past year has only served to reinforce this need for fast and stable connectivity. Families and businesses alike will be happy to hear that construction of the local broadband infrastructure has begun and I look forward to the positive impacts our government’s investment will generate.”
SWIFT is a not-for-profit corporation initiated by local municipalities, including Bruce County, to address connectivity in Southwestern Ontario.
