Crews performing aerial work for the island-wide broadband installation will be largely pausing their work on main roads in mid-June for the summer due to traffic and safety concerns. For the past couple weeks, crews have been trying to beat the rush by concentrating in the downtown areas. Underground installations of conduit will be ongoing over the summer though.Town Finance Director Amy Land, who has been working on all the nitty-gritty details of the broadband project, told the Broadband Committee at its meeting on May 19 that the island has been divided into FSAs, fiber service areas, or “hubs,” and that those at the end of “the Neck” are almost ready to be put into service, hopefully in July.Approximately 800 of 1600 installations of underground conduit have been completed, and although summer housing has been secured for crews, Land said she is still managing equipment and supply chain issues. Covid has also been a factor as the virus prevented some of the “makeready work” needed on some remaining utility poles over the past couple of weeks.“Considering what’s going on in the world … we’re doing pretty good,” said committee Chair Lucinda Morrison.For those that missed the “deadline” of
