Construction is under way on TDS Telecommunications Corp.’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act stimulus project in southwest Wisconsin.

As a result, customers in parts of areas surrounding Glen Haven, Cassville, Beetown, and Dickeyville will have access to high-speed Internet services.

TDS hired J.J. Vondrom & Sons, LLC of Lancaster to do the outside construction work on this project. Once the outside work is finished, TDS will complete the inside work. The project is scheduled to be done in early 2013. At that time, high speed Internet services should be available to nearly 500 customers in the area.

TDS is receiving funding for the project from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service as part of the ARRA.