Central Valley Independent Network Fiber Optic Communitcations Network Project

Central Valley Independent Network Fiber Optic Communitcations Network Project

The Central Valley Independent Network (CVIN), in partnership with the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC), has applied to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to plan, install, operate and maintain a fiber optic communications in 17 California counties, in portions of the northern Sacramento Valley, Sierra Nevada foothills, and the northern and southern San Joaquin Valley (proposed project). The proposed network would also accommodate several other planned future connections; statewide interconnection of major public safety answering points, a statewide public safety network, and connection of health facilities within the proposed project's 17-county service area through the future California Telehealth Network. The proposed project involves developing approximately 94 miles of new fiber optic cable would be installed in existing conduits.

Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Nevada, Placer, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Department of Water Resources, California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Department of Water Resources, California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife