Crown Castle has its headquarters in Houston but it originated where the Allegheny River meets the Monongahela in the city of Pittsburgh. The “Big Three” towerco, however, still maintains a large presence in Cannonsburg outside of the Steel City and may have had home field advantage in getting a $10 million fiber municipal contract, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. The company announced this week the inking of a 10-year agreement, which still requires final approval from City Council before work can begin. The $10,160,280 contract is part of the NetPGH initiative announced late last year.
The city said Crown’s job is to connect Pittsburgh’s 131 city facilities to a single network including buildings such as emergency response and dispatch centers and also those that are recreational in purpose.
“The City’s agreement with Crown Castle will create a more resilient municipal government, enhance our ability to serve the public, and promote digital equity,” Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto said in the release. “I’d like to thank our Department of Innovation and Performance for their leadership on the NetPGH initiative.”
Once in place, the network will also allow for the city to launch its Rec2Tech initiative which is designed to transform the city’s recreation centers into job skills development centers for young people. The city’s Smart Corridors program will benefit from the fiber network as well by helping improve traffic efficiency and prioritizing mobility of transit vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. In addition, the network will allow for deployment of public WiFi networks in underserved neighborhoods, according to the announcement made by the city.
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