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Almost 300 households dotted in rural and remote areas of Roanoke County are gaining access to high-speed internet service while construction nears completion on $880,000 of infrastructure improvements. Federal coronavirus relief funding paid for the Roanoke County broadband expansion projects in its Vinton, Catawba, Cave Spring and Windsor Hills districts. Under a county contract, Cox Communications expanded its fiber-optic and coaxial cable networks, connecting internet to as many as 90 homes in the Cave Spring and Windsor Hills districts. Residents along Ridgelea Estates Drive, Lost View Lane and Lost Drive are now connected, along with people on unserved parts of Merriman, Franklin and Webb roads, said Bill Hunter, director of communications and information technology for Roanoke County. ....
Roanoke County Fire & Rescue said the road will "likely be closed for much of the day." The tanker s liquid must be transferred to another tanker. ....