Kansas is building real broadband capacity by letting its transportation department lay fiber conduit along state roads. House Bill 2647 passed earlier this year and now gives rural communities a direct route to high-speed internet. Https://www.kssos.org/publications/sessionlaws/2026/Chapter-83-HB-2647.html
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Smart use of existing state infrastructure to expand broadband, could be a model for other states.
Smart move letting transportation handle the conduit. Cuts costs and actually reaches the places that need it.
Smart move letting roads carry fiber. Good infrastructure thinking.
Smart play putting fiber in the ground with transportation projects. Saves money and actually reaches rural spots.
Laying fiber conduit with road crews is exactly the kind of practical infrastructure that keeps steady work rolling for trades crews across the state.
States cutting through the red tape to run fiber along existing roads gets rural towns online without another layer of bureaucracy.
Kansas cutting through red tape to wire rural roads for real broadband beats more federal grants every time.
