City Administrator Bob Vitas says both companies estimate it would take about two years to complete the project.
"In the case of Windstream, they said they would go 100 per cent underground, and they would have ubiquitous service meaning no property would be without high speed fiber. MetroNet, on the other hand, said they would put 89 per cent of the fiber up on poles but they would have ubiquitous service as well."
Included in the project would be fiber connections to all 104 traffic signal locations in Moline, to control the signals and for traffic control cameras, plus connections to parks, schools, and other locations for security cameras.
Vitas expects negotiations with Windstream and MetroNet will be completed sometime in June, with an awarding of the contract in early July.