The cumberland county and salem county middle mile broadband infrastructure project will construct approximately 220 route miles of fiber, creating an interconnecting series of rings

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
3440MM414T
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$32,520,371

Award facts

Assistance listing
11.033 Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program
Completion date 42% complete
Funding
  • $22,764,259.54 Federal
  • $9,756,111.23 Non-federal
Funding agency
National Telecommunications and Information Administration Department of Commerce
Place of performance
Salem, NJ, USA

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Description

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Activities
Project will use fiber to build resilient middle mile through UN/underserved communities over the next two years, committed to open access and carrier neutral non-discriminatory interconnect.
Expected outcomes
The project aims to advance the middle mile grant program's key objectives.1. By creating four interlocking rings through the unserved and underserved areas, the project aims to encourage the expansion of middle mile infrastructure to reduce the cost of connecting these areas.2. The network will connect to philadelphia and delaware for redundancy. Built-in laterals and redundant node points further minimize the impact of outages.3. Additionally, IT is expected that this infrastructure will provide service to the UN- and underserved populations of cumberland and salem counties and will increase competition among the areas of the counties that have service, ultimately lowering end-user prices.
Intended beneficiaries
Beneficiaries include constituents in the communities of cumberland and salem counties. In these counties, there are substantial underserved and unserved populations. The FCC 477 july to december 2021 mapping data shows 22.57% unserved census blocks. These pockets tend to be somewhat sparsely populated with high levels of low- or moderate-income. 2020 census data provides that the combined population of the two counties is 218,989, with 154,152 residents in cumberland and 64,837 residents in salem. This is an area with extraordinary poverty: while new jersey?s poverty rate is 9.4%, cumberland has a poverty rate of 14.4% and salem 13.0%. Beneficiaries of the proposed project include students. The region's educational attainment lags the state. For NJ residents over 25 years old, 40.7% achieved a bachelor's degree or higher. In salem and cumberland, the rates are 21.7% and 16.6%, respectively. This project will increase opportunities for employment and access to schooling, and healthcare, improving standard of living.lastly, this project will help first responders in emergencies, whether individual or national assets are at risk, including a nuclear power plant. Major network assets will be connected, including E911 and public safety radio towers.
Subrecipient activities
No. N/a

Quick answers

Who received award 3440MM414T?

3440MM414T was awarded to County Of Salem by National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) on August 1, 2025.

How much is award 3440MM414T worth?

$32,520,371 has been obligated on 3440MM414T: $22,764,260 in federal funding and $9,756,111 in non-federal funding.

Which agency awarded 3440MM414T?

National Institute of Standards and Technology (Department of Commerce) awarded 3440MM414T, with funding from National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Department of Commerce).

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