LOGAN City Council is rolling out a plan it says will address black spots in the city’s digital coverage.
It is believed to be the first time a local authority will implement a state-government endorsed business case to address poor coverage.
So far $2.5 million has been allocated to the project.
Deputy mayor Jon Raven said next-generation digital infrastructure was needed to support a transformation of the city’s economy over the next 10 years.
“We now understand the challenges being faced by our residents and businesses in the digital space after completing the business case,” Cr Raven said.
“This investigation assessed what our infrastructure is like suburb-by-suburb so that we could identify where investment is needed most.”
There were particular blackspots in Jimboomba, Yarrabilba and Flagstone.
There will be new mobile towers to improve coverage, upgrades to satellite services to enhance the NBN network, and installation of 80km of fibre cabling throughout the city to replace the prevalent use of copper.
Building an edge data centre within the city to boost connection speeds for City of Logan residents and businesses is a longer-term project in the strategy.
