Fiber Grant Status-3

Marshall Municipal Utilities internet crew burying fiber optic cable in rural Saline County

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. There is a lot of empty conduit in areas of Grant 2, we will prioritize areas where customers have signed up, so please get on list.

Updated 2/23/26

Coleman Plumbing is working around Nelson. Kramer Services Group have finished their contracts. TNT Underground Construction is finishing around Slater. MMU crews are working around Napton, then will work on Junction area and the back to Elmwood area.

Fiber Grant progress Map

Newest Bid Info:

Bid 09-26-BBIT Contracts 2602-2603

2019 Grant Progress

Grant 1 Map

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.

South	Location		Completion		Map
	Mt Olive to Kittyhawk	Complete			Map
	Mt Olive to Blind Pony	Complete			Map
	Mt Olive to Herndon	Complete			Map
	Water Tower to Smith Chapel	Complete			Map
	Kittyhawk to Quarry	Complete			Map
	Kittyhawk to Smith Chapel	Complete			Map
	Drift to Herndon	Complete			Map
	Quarry spurs	Complete			Map
	Drift to Grape	Conduit complete			Map
	Grape to Herndon	Conduit complete			Map
	Herndon spurs	Contractor did plowing; MMU will work on bores and remaining conduit this summer			Map
	Quarry to Junction	Conduit complete except Blackwater river crossing;	fiber 50% complete		Map
	Stuckeys to Smith Chapel	2024 portion complete; conduit complete for remainder			Map
	Smith Chapel to Nelson West	2024 portion complete;	conduit 80% complete for remainder		Map
North
	245^th to Wildcat	Complete			Map
	Wildcat spur	Complete			Map
	Wildcat to Klondike	Complete			Map
	Wildcat to Gopher	Complete			Map
	Gopher to Golden	Complete			Map
	Hwy NN to Hwy F	Conduit is complete except one rocky creek crossing			Map
	Hwy NN to Mariner	Conduit is complete except section around RR			Map
	Mariner to Norton	conduit complete	will be pulling fiber soon		Map
West
	EE to Elmwood	Complete			Map
	EE to Blind Pony	Complete			Map
	240^th to Daybreak	Complete			Map
	Golden to SE Malta Bend	Complete			Map
	Elmwood to Blind Pony
	Elmwood to Hwy VV	Some conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process;	remainder will be bid in 2027		Map
	Daybreak to Elmwood	Conduit complete except RR crossing; fiber 90% complete; splicing 50% complete;	Still waiting on RR permit, but we are working on backfeeding from the Elmwood side.		Map
	Elmwood to Blackburn	2024 conduit contracted portion complete			Map
	EE/Elmwood	Complete			Map
	Elmwood to Blackburn	Some conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process;	remainder will be bid in 2027		Map
	Blind Pony to 150^th	2024 portion: conduit complete; blowing fiber soon.	Contractor did plowing on 145^th Road, MMU will finish bores and pull fiber this summer;	remainder is in 2026 contracts that are in the bid process	Map
	NW Malta Bend to SW Malta Bend	MMU will work on bores as time permits			Map
	NW Malta Bend to Grand Pass	Conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process			Map
	NW Malta Bend to 290^th	Conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process			Map
	Hwy VV to 150^th	Conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process			Map
	Hwy VV to Amber	Will be bid in 2027			Map
	Daybreak to SE Malta Bend	Conduit complete except short section in Malta Bend			Map
	Daybreak to Blubell	2024 portion: conduit complete;	remainder is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process		Map
	Blubell to Grand Pass	2024 portion: conduit complete;	remainder is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process		Map
	Grand Pass spur	Conduit is part of 2026 contracts currently in bid process			Map
East
	Magnolia to Nocturne	Complete			Map
	Magnolia to Hwy D	Complete			Map
	Magnolia to Neon	Complete			Map
	Nocturne to Nelson	2024 portion complete;	remainder: conduit 95%;	fiber 20%	Map
	Nocturne to TT	2024 portion except some splicing that connects to 2025 contract;	remainder is part of 2025 Coleman contracts		Map
	Hwy TT to Nelson East	Conduit is part of 2025 Coleman contracts	5% complete		Map
	Neon to Orearville	Conduit is part of 2025 Coleman contracts			Map
	Neon to Fish Creek	Conduit is part of 2025 Coleman contracts			Map
	Orearville to Thompson	Conduit complete			Map
	Orearville to Overland	Conduit 90% complete;	TNT working on cleaning up conduit and setting peds and vaults		Map
	Orearville to Mariner	Conduit is complete except one rocky creek crossing			Map
Contract 2504 – TNT – conduit 99% complete
Remaining Round 2	80 miles in west part of county will be bid in 2026