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The Danville Town Council is set to meet in person at the Town Meeting Hall on Tuesday morning for a special study session to discuss the town’s draft Fiber Optic Communications Master Plan.
Fiber optic technology is part of the town’s capital improvement plan, and the draft master plan outlining details of this aspect is the first step of fleshing the plan out and putting it into motion, according to town staff.
“As a first step in the planning process, a fiber optic master plan is required to evaluate existing conditions and infrastructure, analyze needs, evaluate design options and implementation strategies, and to define a preliminary scope of work with associated costs,” transportation manager Andrew Dillard wrote in his staff report to the council.
The goal of incorporating fiber optic technology into the capital improvement program is to increase internet speeds and capacities in public areas and for town services and traffic signals as well as offering cybersecurity benefits and other advantages over the town’s existing copper wiring.
The fiber optic draft master plan is a project that town staff have been working on with a consultant, advanced mobility group, since employing their services in spring of this year.
Council members are set to meet in person in the Town Meeting Hall at 201 Front St. at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday (Dec. 14). The agenda is available here.
In other business
* The council is set to hear an overview of the Downtown Master Plan process and community outreach approach during their public study session.
* Council members are set to consider initiating litigation in a national class action lawsuit regarding opiate prescriptions.
