Aldermen are expected to approve next week a resolution to spend $243,686 with NTI National Technologies, of Downers Grove, to build the fiber connection to the city’s network, instead of leasing s…
This rendering shows a proposed design for a house in the Habitat for Humanity subdivision planned for the far West Side of Aurora. The Aurora City Council is set to vote on financing a new fiber optic route on the West Side to facilitate the Habitat for Humanity Green Freedom subdivision.
NTI is one of the regular fiber providers the city uses to build onto its OnLight Aurora fiber network. The subdivision has received a lot of attention because it will be a “smart neighborhood,” the first affordable, net zero subdivision in the country, developers have said. The fiber connection is necessary for many of the energy-efficient applications in the subdivision, and Michael Pegues, Aurora’s Information Technology director, said originally officials planned to lease fiber space from Kane County that runs along Orchard Road.
Despite the additional up-front cost, officials said the situation will actually save the city in the long run, because it would own the fiber, rather than have to rent it over 10 or 20 years.
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