Citizens Telephone Cooperative Fiber Design

The professional survey, engineering design, and permitting services of T&L were provided to Citizens Telephone for the implementation of an advanced, open-access fiber optic network that crosses portions of Wythe, Pulaski, Giles, Montgomery, Floyd, Roanoke, and Botetourt Counties in southwest Virginia.
 
The project consisted of the deployment of 186 route miles of fiber along the I-81 Corridor and adjacent routes. Major segments of the project included:

• Wytheville to Exit 150 in Botetourt County;
• Dublin in Pulaski County to Pearisburg in Giles County along Route 100;
• Town of Floyd to Christiansburg in Montgomery County along Route 8; and
• Route 8 in Riner along Childress Road and Tyler Avenue through the City of Radford with a connection to the fiber at Route 11 and Route 114 at Fairlawn.

In total, the project consisted of approximately 159 miles of buried and 27 miles of aerial construction. This project was financed by a National Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and also part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
 
Total Construction Cost was $6.4 Million.

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