Mayor Thomas Leads Austin Tech Summit on 5G Cities
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mayor Richard Thomas spoke today at the Top MICROTRENCHING TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT and was welcomed by Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler.
Mayor Thomas attended the Launch and Educational forum created by Dura-Line, Hollywall, Corbel and attended by Google Verizon and multiple other companies. The event focused on Microtrenching, a process that will revolutionize the way cities address their failing infrastructure.
Microtrenching installs small conduits within the edges of the sidewalk to house fiber optic cabling. It is a rebirth of communications and essential to updating systems in dense cities like Mount Vernon.
“We are excited and honored to be one of the first municipalities embarking on this phenomenal opportunity to be SMART, CLEAN and GREEN,” said Mayor Thomas.
The mayors announced together that this effort has resulted in their communities becoming sister cities with a mission to elevate their municipalities. This patented process will transform the quality of life in a city.
The audience consisted of diverse companies, developers, investors and guest speakers who gathered to see a live demonstration of the DITCHWITCH high technology equipment.
“Our goal for this event is to educate people on the benefits, techniques, and best practices for MicroTrenching,” said Dura-Line’s Rick Dvorak, Senior Application Development Engineer, U.S.
In March Mayor Thomas signed a contract for an $82 million investment into Mount Vernon with Hollywall to deliver police radios, a City-wide fiber optic broadcasting and communications network and operational management services.
The City of Mount Vernon expects to achieve the following goals with the implementation of the new public safety communications network:
- A turnkey, state-of-the-art, public safety radio communications network
- Enhance coverage and reliability
- Seamless integration with federal, state, and local law enforcement and first responders in the region
- Seamless interagency radio system to support mission-critical communications within the City of Mount Vernon
- Upgrade and/or replacement of existing public safety radio communications network, with minimum disruption of current network
- Warranty and maintenance of the network for a period of, at minimum, ten years
- Technical support for a period of, at minimum, ten years
- Improve the quality of life and communications for Mount Vernon.
