USDA Broadband Grant Status
MMU has received two grants from the USDA in 2019 and 2020 to try to help offset the cost of expanding Broadband to rural areas of Saline County.
Below are maps of the areas we have been approved to work in and our progress in completing them.
Updated 5/5/25
Coleman Plumbing is working on Keokuk. Kramer Services Group, is working around Blind Pony. TNT Underground Construction will start soon south of Slater. MMU crews are continuing to blow fiber and splice as weather allows, as well and connecting customers.
2019 Grant Progress
Backbone construction is complete for Grant 1. Come in and sign up anytime.
| All Areas | complete | stop by to sign up | ||
2020 Grant Progress
NOTE: The maps in the table below show planned areas in Grant 2. However, the contracts for conduit do not necessarily match the entire area for any given year. For example, the Kittyhawk map shows the entire Kittyhawk to Quarry area, but only the blue lines on the map are planned for 2023. The completion percentages in the table only reflect the part of the areas that are planned this year. There may be some additional conduit installed by MMU personnel which could increase what gets done this year. Bold lines on maps are the areas of construction.
| Contract 2201 (South) | Conduit Complete | ||||
| Kittyhawk | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| 165th Rd | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| Mt Olive | Complete | Map | |||
| YY South | conduit complete | fiber 99% complete | splicing 99% complete | Map | |
| 185th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| EE South | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| 200th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| Contract 2202 (West) | Conduit complete | ||||
| Daybreak | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| 230th | Complete | Map | |||
| 250th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| Golden North | conduit complete | fiber 95% complete | splicing 95% complete | Map | |
| Contract 2203 (North) | Conduit complete | ||||
| Wildcat | Complete | Map | |||
| Kite | Complete | Map | |||
| 41 North | Complete | Map | |||
| Klondike | Complete | Map | |||
| 325th | 2023 portion complete | Map | |||
| Contract 2301 (East) | Conduit complete | Map | |||
| Hwy 240 | Complete | Map | |||
| 230th Rd | Complete | Map | |||
| Contract 2302 (Southwest) | Conduit 60% complete | ||||
| Contract 2303 (West) | Conduit 99% complete | ||||
| Contract 2304 (Southeast) | Map | ||||
| Water Tower/Smith Chapel | conduit complete | fiber complete | splicing 90% complete | Map | |
| Kittyhawk/Smith Chapel | Complete | Map | |||
| Magnolia/Nocturne | Complete except MMU crews will be working in Napton | Map | |||
| Stuckeys/Smith Chapel | 2024 contracted portion complete | fiber complete | Map | ||
| Smith Chapel/Nelson West | 2024 contracted portion complete | fiber complete | Map | ||
| Nocturne/Nelson | 2024 contracted portion complete | fiber complete | splicing complete | Map | |
| Nocturne/Hwy TT | 2024 contracted portion complete | fiber complete | splicing 90% complete | Map | |
| Contract 2401 (South) | |||||
| Kittyhawk/Smith Chapel | Complete | Map | |||
| Kittyhawk/Quarry | conduit complete | Map | |||
| Quarry | Map | ||||
| Quarry/Junction | conduit 25% complete | Map | |||
| Contract 2402 (Quarry) | conduit complete | ||||
| Remaining Round 2 | Contractor selected to complete eastern portion of grant. | ||||
