Town of Goshen, Massachusetts

Broadband (high speed internet) – Utility Company Tree Trimming

Posted on January 14, 2020

Beginning in January 2020, and continuing for several months, National Grid and their subcontractors will be doing tree trimming around all of the utility company poles and wires in preparation for the build out of the fiber optic network that is to begin later this year. National Grid, or their subcontractors, will be going door...

Broadband (high-speed internet) Grant Awards Updates

Posted on December 28, 2019

State grant monies originally provided Goshen with $770,000 as partial funding for Goshen’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) town-owned network.  In addition, the town voted to borrow up to $1.4 million to cover the remaining costs of building the town’s FTTH network. “Make-ready” costs have far exceeded the estimates from the initial project cost assessment.  (“Make-ready” costs are...