Clarion County commissioner Ed Heasley said Wednesday that all the county’s emergency communications towers have been completed.
The county has spent about $2.3 million on the project, which includes new towers in East Brady, Leeper, New Bethlehem, and Shippenville. Equipment at Clarion, Knox, Rimersburg, and St. Petersburg was upgraded.
Heasley said the county has seven towers in the radio system.
Heasley said the project will increase that number to eight.
“That increase will provide us with better coverage,” he said. “These towers will also double as broadband hubs and will help us roll out internet coverage within the county which is also critically needed.”
The towers are funded with federal CARES Act money.