Erie will ask voters in November to free the town from Senate Bill 152, the law passed in 2005 that restricts local governments from using taxpayer dollars to build expensive broadband networks.
If voters say “yes,” Erie would join a slew of Colorado communities to date that have opted out of the statute via voter-sanctioned ballot measures, according to Community Broadband Networks, eschewing what advocates call the confines of traditional, costly internet options.
Erie would be the last of its east Boulder County neighbors to opt out of SB-512; Lafayette and Superior did so in 2016, and Louisville joined them in November.
Leaders say they have no immediate plans to usher in a town-provided internet service, though a system of sophisticated fiber-optic cables could take shape in a variety of ways throughout Erie, according to a report compiled by South Dakota-based consulting firm, Vantage Point Solutions.
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