Kansas City is looking for a private partner to help expand its fiber-optic network.
City officials on Wednesday issued a request for proposals from companies willing to help extend the city’s system beyond its existing 16 miles, mostly within the downtown loop, and the 27 miles under construction. The documents asked that the new lines connect all city-owned buildings, traffic signals and public safety communications equipment all the way to Kansas City International Airport.
Dennis Gagnon, a spokesman for the city’s public works department, said the department has long pushed for greater connectivity between city-owned facilities and also would like to be able to remotely control all of the city’s traffic signals from a central downtown location.