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title: "ITIF Welcomes Introduction of Broadband Conduit Deployment Act"
summary: |-
  So-called “dig once” policies can dramatically reduce the cost of deploying broadband Internet infrastructure by taking advantage of the opportunity to install new conduits whenever roads or sewers are under construction, says Doug Brake.
date: "2015-10-22"
issues: ["Broadband Access and Regulation"]
content_type: "Press Releases"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2015/10/22/itif-welcomes-introduction-broadband-conduit-deployment-act/"
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# ITIF Welcomes Introduction of Broadband Conduit Deployment Act

WASHINGTON—Doug Brake, telecommunications policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), released the following statement on Rep. Anna Eshoo’s (D-CA) reintroduction of the Broadband Conduit Deployment Act:

*So-called “dig once” policies can dramatically reduce the cost of deploying broadband Internet infrastructure by taking advantage of the opportunity to install new conduits whenever roads or sewers are under construction. By affirmatively requiring the Transportation Department to include these new conduits in federally financed highway projects, Rep. Eshoo’s bill will help ensure that U.S. broadband networks continue to flourish. Dig once policies are a smart way to leverage federal assets to enable further growth and competition in one of our most important assets—high-speed broadband. We hope this bill, co-sponsored by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), moves quickly through the House. Likewise, we also strongly support a similar bill introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Cory Gardner (R-CO), which in addition to requiring conduit in Transportation Department projects, would also streamline siting of wireless infrastructure on federal lands.*

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2015/10/22/itif-welcomes-introduction-broadband-conduit-deployment-act/*