Fiber cable laid below narrows

Fiber optic crews are working on laying cable beneath the Lake Leelanau narrows that will provide the missing piece to the long awaited Leelanau County Broadband project.

“That is a big milestone, that is what’s needed to reach northern Michigan (Leelanau County),” said Chris Scherrer, Leelanau County broadband project manager. “Part of the plan for point broadband is to build a redundant network. Meaning that the nodes on the backbone have no less than two connections.... For no service interruption for the residents.”

Scherrer added this is a critical pathway to connect Leelanau Township, all the way to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, and northern Suttons Bay Township including Omena.