Longmont’s NextLight clinging to construction timeline despite delays

LONGMONT — Tom Roiniotis, general manager of Longmont Power & Communications, said it remains to be seen whether buildout of the city’s ultra-fast broadband Internet network will begin in Phase 5 by the end of the year as targeted. It won’t be far off, if at all.

Despite a litany of unforeseen circumstances that have caused delays to the overall project, Roiniotis said he feels like the buildout is staying on schedule about as well as could be expected.

“We feel like we’re pretty much on track with (construction of the distribution network),” Roiniotis said this week. “Where we are falling a…