{"id":120042,"date":"2023-06-26T23:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T03:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=120042"},"modified":"2023-06-26T23:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T03:12:28","slug":"120042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=120042","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Wild Announces, Applauds $1.16+ Billion Investment in Pennsylvania Broadband Internet Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, PA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild announced and applauded $1,161,778,272.41 in federal funding for Pennsylvania broadband internet projects, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s Broadband Equality, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn estimated 15 percent of Pennsylvania lacks high-speed internet, including communities in PA-07 \u2013 so I\u2019m thrilled that our Commonwealth is receiving over a billion dollars in investments in broadband internet projects,\u201d\u00a0said Congresswoman Susan Wild.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve heard from rural communities in my district about the detrimental impact that slow, spotty, or non-existent internet connection has on them. In a time when we use internet for everything from school to telemedicine to government services, everyone needs access to reliable, high-speed broadband to reach their full economic potential. I\u2019m proud to have helped pass into law the\u00a0Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act<\/em>\u00a0that is making this program happen, and I look forward to watching these projects get off the ground and get to work for PA-07 and the entire Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BEAD program, within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), was established by the\u00a0Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act<\/em>: landmark bipartisan infrastructure legislation that Rep. Wild worked to pass into law. This $1.1+ billion investment Pennsylvania is receiving thanks to this legislation will work to expand high-speed internet to every corner of PA-07 and every corner of the Commonwealth by supporting planning, deployment, and adoption of digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more information about investments in Pennsylvania broadband internet projects made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Pennsylvania was one of 19 states that received allocations over $1 billion to support broadband internet across the state.<\/p>\n

Rep. Wild has been\u00a0working<\/a>\u00a0to bring high-speed internet to every corner of PA-07 \u2013 in April, she convened a roundtable with White House and Treasury officials and local leaders from Weatherly, Pennsylvania to\u00a0highlight<\/a>\u00a0the need for reliable, affordable, high-speed broadband\u00a0investments<\/a>\u00a0in places like Weatherly.<\/p>\n

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\nOlivia Taylor-Puckett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, PA\u00a0\u2013 Today, Congresswoman Susan Wild announced and applauded $1,161,778,272.41 in federal funding for Pennsylvania broadband internet projects, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\u2019s Broadband Equality, Access, and Deployment … Continue reading Rep. Wild Announces, Applauds $1.16+ Billion Investment in Pennsylvania Broadband Internet Projects<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/wild.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}