Baton Rouge might be slow to upgrade to 5G, even if roads tax passes

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While Baton Rouge still uses 4G technology for its school flashers, traffic signals and emergency preemption, Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s revived half-cent sales tax proposal potentially could serve as the city’s chance to upgrade those devices to 5G. The proposed tax would raise about $912 million to fund several transportation infrastructure projects, including $40 million

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