In April 2017, Google announced that Google Fiber would start construction in Louisville, Kentucky.[83] Google Fiber got the service to sections of Louisville in five months after it first announced that it would be coming to the city—faster than it had ever deployed before—by using shallow trenching.[84][85] In February 2019 Google announced it would shut down service on April 15.[86] Prior to departing, Google Fiber service was criticized for disruptive infrastructure installations and poor workmanship.[87] Google agreed to pay $3.8 million for clean up.[88]