Project Title:
Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Fiber Future Program
Funding Program:
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Project Purpose/Type:
This Planning, Engineering, Feasibility, and Sustainability Studies project will solve the limitations of current backhaul options to the Pribilofs, providing a scalable, ‘future proof’ solution that is cost effective, commercially scalable and provides 100% Qualifying Broadband Service, consistently, to the community of St. Paul Island. The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government (ACSPI) proposes to bring broadband internet capabilities to the Pribilof Islands via subsea cable from Unalaska.
State(s):
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$499,334.00Funding Amount
Project activities include:
- The desktop study (DTS) is a required element to all the formal permitting processes both at a State and Federal level. The DTS is part of the preliminary design/initial phase of the project. The DTS is performed to determine the best possible route for the submarine cable system. It will be the baseline document for the marine cable route survey and is a required element for most of the required permitting processes outlined in this proposal. It will consist of extensive research on formal and informal data along the projected cable route (proposed land and sea routes, along with surface cable routes).
- Following the DTS will be the initiation of the formal permitting process.
- Project funding will be utilized to complete a Cultural Resources Survey
The project outcomes will result in a complete plan for future broadband deployments to St. Paul Island.
This project will benefit 175 residential households, 22 community anchor institutions, and 11 businesses. Approximately 14.5% of Tribal members live below the 150% federal poverty line.