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No taxpayer funding spent on canceled Highway 3 cell project
- A project to build 11 new cell towers along Highway 3 was announced in 2022 but never started or funded by taxpayers, according to information from the provincial government.
- Ben Campbell, CEO of NDIT, stated in an email that the project was decommitted in December 2024 due to a lack of progress.
- The province planned to allocate $3.1 million in funds for the project, which was to be matched by Rogers' estimated $9.7 million cost.
- The Ministry of Citizens' Services affirmed the commitment to improve mobile connectivity in rural areas despite this project's challenges.
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No taxpayer funding spent on canceled Highway 3 cell project
None of the proposed 11 towers were built by Rogers between Hope and Keremeos
·Hope, Canada
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