Disaster Recovery

viNGN to Receive $497,000, Schneider $170,000 And WAPA More Than $800,000 In Latest Funding From U.S. Dept. Of Interior

Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior assistant secretary for Insular and International Affairs, this week announced $1,202,370 in fiscal year 2018 grant funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands, which supports a wide variety of needs. “Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and I continue to support the leadership and people of the U.S. Virgin Islands through a wide variety of projects,” said Mr. Domenech. “These funds supplement $827,812 in grants released earlier this month. Through Congress’ continued support for the U.S. Insular Areas, these funds continue to be important in many ways for the territory,” concluded Domenech. Additional programs funded in the USVI for FY 2018 follow: $497,000 for the Virgin Islands Next Generation Network (viNGN) to purchase specialized equipment, machinery, and vehicles to remove and replace hurricane-destroyed fiber optic cables and enhance broadband network resiliency going forward. Roughly half of viNGN terrestrial network of fiber-optic cabling...