LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC) – There is an apparent “cease fire” in the battle to establish municipal fiber optic service in a Lakeshore community.
The Laketown Township Board of Trustees this week decided not to consider a new millage proposal at this time for the building of a high-speed cable network in the Allegan County community. Voters had turned down a ballot proposal in May that would have raised 8.7 million dollars for the project, and many objectors raised their voices when the board in June talked about bringing back the matter on the November ballot.
Supervisor Terry Hoffmeyer believes that its only a matter of time before Laketown and other townships in the area will have to establish fiber optic lines. “They have a substantial number of people within their geographic area that just do not have good access to high-speed internet,” he explained to WHTC, “and in the future, it’s something that we all are going to need.”
The trustees felt that they needed more time to “educate” constituents on the need for such a network, and Hoffmeyer believes that the issue may come up again after the first of the year.
