The Floyd County Commission agreed Tuesday to partner with Appalachian Valley Fiber Network LLC on an application for up to $19 million in federal stimulus package money to expand broadband access in Northwest Georgia.

“This would enable the Verizons of the world to hook onto our towers and push broadband out into the rural areas,” Assistant County Manager Blaine Williams said. “

The proposed system would spur off from Norfolk-Southern Railroad’s existing fiber optic network which roughly parallels U.S. 27 though Walker, Chattooga, Floyd, Polk and Haralson counties.

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