Vice President Joe Biden outlined a $4.7 billion loan and grant program this week to deliver high-speed Internet access to rural areas. Somerset County Commissioners are already preparing to get some of that money.

Getting high-speed Internet in the county is not an easy task. The county's terrain is a series of mountains and valleys not ideal conditions for internet connections.

Funding is also an issue because making rural areas internet friendly can be expensive. That is why commissioners want to get some money from the program.

The commissioners have been working on putting together a proposal for a couple of months and will hand in their application on July 14.