The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Carson City District Office, has prepared a Preliminary Environmental Assessment (PEA), Project # DOI-BLM-NV-C000-2023-0003-EA (Vero Fiber Optic Project PEA) and is now seeking public comments.
The proposed project would include the construction and operation of an approximately 450-mile-long underground fiber optic line, which would span from Reno to Las Vegas, Nevada and include in-line amplifier buildings along the proposed route. The new line would increase bandwidth between the two major metro areas.
The BLM is requesting public input under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) for the project.
This proposed buried fiber optic line, proposed by Vero Fiber Networks, would cross through Washoe, Lyon, Storey, Churchill, Mineral, Nye, Esmeralda, and Clark Counties in Nevada and would be located within existing highway rights-of-way that predominantly follow U.S. Highways 50 and 95; Nevada State Highways 160, 839, and 439; and County-maintained roads from Reno to Las Vegas.
Comments will be accepted December 12, 2023, through January 10, 2024.