High-speed internet planned for area

Monique Boulet, chief executive officer of the Acadiana Plannning Commission, explains a project to provide fiber-optic cable in the Tri-Parish area. A $29.9 million federal grant and the participation of LUS and Allen Cable will mean the installation of about fiber to about 22,500 households. At right are Parish President Jessie Bellard and Eunice Mayor Scott Fonteot.(Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
Within two years fiber-optic cable is to be installed to about 22,500 households in the Tri-Parish area. The announcement was made Thursday in a news conference held in the Eunice City Council Chamber. Monique Boulet, Acadiana Planning Commission chief executive officer, led the conference called by St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard and Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot. The planning…

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