Construction Update 2-16 to 2-29

Areas referenced below can be located on this map
Work completed 2/16/2020 through 2/22/2020:
  • 5 bore crews on-site
  • Bored 66 feet on Hadley Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 420 feet on Goodband Road (Wild Goose PON)
  • Bored 134 feet on Hadley Road (Bruin PON)
  • Bored 198 feet on Roepke Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Bored 276 feet on Ellsworth Lake Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Bored 1,163 feet on Roepke Court (Ellsworth PON)
  • Installed 3 pedestals in Wild Goose PON, 1 pedestal in Bruin PON, 5 pedestals in Joslin PON and 14 pedestals in Ellsworth PON
  • Completed 1 new home installation (totals to date: 151 with broadband – 87 in Werkner PON, 63 in Island Lake PON, and 1 in Central Office PON (Township Hall)).
Work to be completed 2/23/2020 through 2/29/2020:
  • 5 bore crews on-site
  • Bore on Stofer Road (Island Lake PON) – new section added based on re-engineered drawings
  • Bore on Stonehill Drive (Long Lake PON)
  • Bore on Homewild Drive (Joslin PON)
  • Bore on Blind Lake Road (Joslin PON)
  • Bore on Roepke Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Bore on Ellsworth Lake Road (Ellsworth PON)
  • Continue to install remaining pedestals
  • Lyndon Township Broadband Engineer to finalize Werkner, Island Lake, Central Office and Boyce PONs punchlist (remaining items) for H&M to complete
  • Lyndon Township Board to review and vote on sole source justification to transfer remaining splicing, cable pulling, and pedestal preparation from H&M to MEC (Approved Februrary 25)
There are four basic phases of work in bringing internet service to your home:
  • Mainline Boring
  • Mainline Fiber Installation
  • Drop Installation (bringing fiber cable from the road to the side of each home)
  • Home Installation (bringing fiber into you home and attaching to network router)

Here is the current status for zones or PONS that are in progress.

Werkner
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations complete
Home Installations 98% (87) complete
(Note: Remaining 2 home installations are not ready for service)
89 Subscribers

Island Lake
Mainline Boring complete (except for added Stofer Road section)
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations complete
Home Installations 94% (63) complete
(Note: Remaining 4 home installations are either not ready for service or additional drop work needed)
67 Subscribers

Central Office
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations 93% (80) complete
Home Installations 1% (1) complete
86 Subscribers

Boyce
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installations complete
126 Subscribers

Sugarloaf
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation complete
Drop Installation 3% (3) complete

114 Subscribers

Guinan
Mainline Boring complete
Mainline Fiber Installation 49% complete
40 Subscribers

Long Lake
Mainline Boring complete

Mainline Fiber Installation 64% complete
80 Subscribers

Wild Goose
Mainline Boring complete

Mainline Fiber Installation 24% complete
45 Subscribers

Bruin
Mainline Boring 78% complete
52 Subscribers

Joslin
Mainline Boring 79% complete
58 Subscribers

Ellsworth
Mainline Boring 98% complete
90 Subscribers

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