Municipal officials aren’t going to be asking for an investment into a broadband initiative back.
Chatham-Kent has invested about $700,000 into SWIFT, but the project didn’t go ahead.
Councillor Jamie McGrail, who sits on the SWIFT board, says it makes more sense to leave it.
“We moved that we were going to keep the whole investment in the SWIFT project, and in turn we’ll get at least four times back in actual technology, rural broadband technology,” McGrail says. “Hopefully with that just over $700,000 times four plus more, we’re hoping it will bring us closer to having wireless rural internet.”
McGrail admits there’s not definitive timeline, but the money needs to be invested in the next couple of years.