Bennet Welcomes $5 Million Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Planning Grant for Colorado
Federal Grant Supports Colorado’s Goal to Connect Over 99% of Coloradans with High-Speed, Reliable Internet in Next Five Years
Dec 08, 2022
Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet welcomed the announcement from the National Telecommunications Information Administration (NTIA) that Colorado was awarded more than $5 million to prepare for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding program, based on Bennet’s bipartisan BRIDGE Act, introduced in June 2021 and secured in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.