ESSEX COUNTY, Ont. – Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced today an additional 484 underserved homes and businesses in Marentette Beach in Essex County will soon have access to fast reliable Internet.
“Through the SWIFT initiative, Cogeco Connexion was awarded funding to service rural areas southeast of Leamington and north of Point Pelee National Park,” a SWIFT press release explains. “The network’s main fibre route will run along parts of Point Pelee Drive, Mersea Road 12, Mersea Roads B, D and E, Marentette Beach and E Beach Road.”
Construction on the network began earlier this year and is expected to be completed with service fully available by December 2022.
The governments of Ontario and Canada are contributing over $392,000 each to the project, according to a separate press release from the province.
SWIFT’s approved projects page says the project has a total value of $1.6 million.
