$234 million has been awarded to 28 Georgia counties to expand broadband internet. Governor Brian Kemp made the announcement Wednesday, saying the money will come from the U.S. Treasury Department but the state is in charge of distributing the funds.
Companies handling the broadband buildout are matching the investment, meaning total funds dedicated to the project is nearly a half billion dollars.
Four northeast Georgia counties will receive funding. $7.5 million is going to Banks county for neatly 4,000 locations, $5.3 million to Jackson County for 5,300 locations, $18.4 million to Madison County for 4,000 locations and almost $8 million to Oglethorpe County to for nearly 3,000 locations.
Altogether, the grants are designed to bring broadband connections to some 76,000 locations.
