More communities in Bruce County will soon be connected to high speed broadband internet courtesy of the ongoing SWIFT project.
In a release on June 1st, the province confirmed 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 of this over $2.4 million infrastructure network project.
The latest SWIFT expansion will connect over 350 rural residents and businesses.
The federal and provincial governments each contributed over $640,000 to fund this broadband expansion project in Bruce County
“This is an important step forward in our plan to support better educational opportunities, attract more businesses and create jobs in the county and builds on our government’s commitment to connect every community in Ontario to broadband Internet by 2025,” stated Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
“I very much appreciate the importance of high-speed, reliable broadband and I am pleased to see this investment in infrastructure is now happening in both South Bruce, Huron-Kinloss, and Formosa," added Lisa Thompson, MPP for Huron-Bruce. "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.”
