Title/Name/Summary
Fiber Locating Agreement - Adesta LLC
History
In 2014, the Village embarked on a long-range plan in coordination with local school districts to create an area wide fiber network to improve efficiencies in technology and communication. In June 2017, the Village Board approved a contract with Adesta LLC of Willowbrook, Illinois, beginning the first large scale fiber installation for the Village. Additionally, the Village Board approved intergovernmental agreements with School District 135 (SD135) and School District 230 (SD230) to facilitate cooperation for the installation, operation, and overall maintenance of the underground fiber, and to enter into a cost sharing for the locating of underground fiber.
SD135 has made available to the Village one (1) of their four (4) previously installed fiber optic ducts that connects all of the SD135 facilities. The Village’s ability to use these ducts reduces the amount of infrastructure we will have to invest and construct in the future. SD135 duct is currently utilized by the Village along both Ravinia Avenue and 151st Street to complete connectivity to various Village facilities, including the Village Hall Complex, Police Station, Public Works, Main Pump Station, and 151st Lift Station.
Additionally, the Village owns approximately seven (7) miles of four-inch (4”) conduit along LaGrange Road, which we agreed to share with SD230. The Village also currently utilizes the LaGrange Road conduit from Elevated Tank #6 located west of 131st Street to 156th Street. SD230 utilizes separate fiber in the same conduit linking communications between Carl Sandburg, their administrative facility at 151st Street and 94th Avenue, and Victor J. Andrew High School.
By agreement SD135, SD230, and the Village utilize Adesta LLC to locate approximately sixteen (16) miles of joint fiber installation. The owners of the ducts will be billed by Adesta LLC for each locate, then each owner will be reimbursed by the other oc...
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