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26 GG -2: Support legislation, regulations and funding that would preserve local option and authority where needed to deploy community broadband systems and ensure commu- nity access to critical broadband services. • Telecommunications companies are not providing high- speed Internet in areas with sparse population, and rural areas of the state without access to this service are increas- ingly at an economic and educational disadvantage. • The towns of Wilson and Salisbury are the only local gov- ernments authorized to provide broadband services to their residents. • Counties should be able to participate in developing infra- structure and providing broadband services to underserved areas. GG -3: Support new or expanded state funding streams that will provide sufficient revenues to adequately fund the state's transportation infrastructure needs also to include coastal infrastructure, i.e. coastal storm damage reduction and shallow draft inlet maintenance. • Transportation and other infrastructure needs in our rapidly growing state are far outpacing available resources to pay for them. • Regardless of how transportation projects are prioritized, in- creased revenue will be necessary to meet more of these needs.