TRG Projects: SCAG: Last Mile Assessment

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Southern California Association of Governments

Project Status

Ongoing

Summary

As part of California’s initiative to expand last mile internet services, SCAG was awarded grant funding to conduct a Last Mile Project Assessment for the Southern California Association of Governments Region. This helps SCAG assist local jurisdictions to identify priority areas and develop engineering design for last mile internet services in the region, which means increasing broadband internet access to 100/20 Mbps for unserved or underserved communities. In 2023, SCAG selected Burns & McDonnell to lead the technical and design process with The Robert Group leading the community outreach and engagement efforts on the project.

Outreach to priority areas will determine the levels of need in each city, based on community feedback and city data. That information will be used to develop the design plan to be provided to each jurisdiction at the close of the project.

TRG is responsible for the development of fact sheets, surveys, interviews and focus groups, notifications, and overall messaging to community members and stakeholders. TRG took the lead on identifying Needs Assessments per priority area, compiling a stakeholder database for each locality, and developing the surveys based on California’s past initiatives on broadband expansion and related studies.

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