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Michigan City officials joined Surf Internet on June 5 to celebrate the start of the company's next La Porte County project. It will bring fiber internet to 4,500 addresses.

Surf Internet plans to invest $5.6 million in the project, which will offer internet speeds up to 2 gigabits-per-second. The first phase of the project should be ready for customers by August, with all phases complete by August 2025.

“Surf Internet is committed to leading the way in innovation and connectivity,” said Scott Franko, Surf’s director of business development, in a press release. “We have been a longstanding partner of La Porte County and are proud to now extend that partnership to Michigan City.”

Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch also is happy about the partnership. Her goal when she first became mayor at the end if last year was for it to become a multi-gig city.

“From the start of my administration, I charged our IT department with the mission to connect our families and city,” Deuitch said during remarks at the groundbreaking. “Our IT Director Andrew Matanic and his talented team have worked diligently to make this vision a reality.”