If Ezee Fiber builds in Normandy Park, an early sign could be a thin orange line sprayed along the curb, with a few small flags in the planting strip. In the color code utility crews use, orange stands for communications lines: cable, conduit, and the fiber-optic lines behind home internet.

On Oct. 13, 2026, the Normandy Park City Council approved Ordinance 1092, a franchise agreement with Ezee Fiber. The vote gave the company permission to work in city streets, and the city describes Ezee Fiber as interested in building throughout Normandy Park. In nearby cities where it has built, service has turned on one neighborhood at a time, with notice going out block by block.

What Ordinance 1092 actually settled

City Manager Amy Arrington summed up the vote in her Oct. 17 weekly report. Her wording is careful:

"The City Council approved a franchise agreement with Ezee Fiber, which has expressed interest in installing fiber-optic infrastructure throughout Normandy Park. When utility providers want to install facilities in City rights-of-way, the City typically enters into a franchise agreement. These agreements establish each party's responsibilities and help ensure utilities are installed and maintained smoothly."

"Expressed interest" is the key phrase. A franchise sets the rules for how a provider's equipment goes into public rights-of-way and who is responsible for what once it's there. The report also says the agreement follows city code and federal law and matches the city's other franchise agreements. When the ordinance first came up in September, staff said the document follows the city's standard template. Council discussion covered underground versus aerial installation, how residents would be notified, and crowding on utility poles, according to a Citizen Portal summary of the first reading.

The cities around Normandy Park are further along in the same process, and their experience shows how a build like this has reached individual houses.

Normandy Park joined a sequence already underway

Ezee Fiber has been working its way through South King County and Pierce County for about a year. Lined up by date, the steps run in a consistent order: the city grants permission, crews build, then service turns on in segments.

Des Moines matters most for Normandy Park, since the two cities share a border. When Ezee Fiber announced its Des Moines and Puyallup construction in October 2025, it said service would turn on "on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis" after construction. Its December 2025 update said the same thing: activations roll out as each segment is finished, and neighborhoods get notice ahead of time.

On the ground, that means two houses a few blocks apart in the same city can get service at different times. In Normandy Park, a home off SW Normandy Road and a home near the Cove on SW Shorebrook Drive could see fiber arrive weeks or months apart, depending on how the routes are drawn.

The SeaTac vote, as The SeaTac Blog reported, covered underground fiber in public rights-of-way, and the story was about permission, not construction or service at any home. Normandy Park is at the same stage. For homes on the Burien side of Three Tree Point, the relevant step is Burien's own franchise item, Ordinance 889, which came before that city's council in February.

What your block will tell you first

Since service has come in segments elsewhere, a build here would most likely show up first in what you can see from the sidewalk. For Des Moines and Puyallup, Ezee Fiber said it would use mailed notices, signs in affected areas, and door hangers from its construction contractors. It also committed to at least ten days' notice before any temporary road or parking restrictions.

The flags and paint come with that process. Ezee Fiber's March 2026 guide to utility markings lists the standard colors:

• White: proposed excavation
• Orange: communications lines, including fiber
• Red: power lines and lighting cables
• Yellow: gas and petroleum
• Blue: water
• Green: sewer and drain lines

White paint shows where crews plan to dig, and orange marks the communications lines already in the ground. The company asks residents to leave the flags where they are. If you mow, go around them. If one gets knocked over, put it back as close to its original spot as you can.

The same guide notes that crews often don't know where private installations are. If your yard has a sprinkler system, landscape lighting, or an invisible pet fence near the street, tell the crew before work starts. On lots with irrigated planting strips and lighting along the driveway, that conversation is worth having as soon as the first door hanger shows up.

Underground, overhead, and how long the street stays torn up

Council's September discussion of underground versus aerial installation reflects a real choice. Ezee Fiber says its crews use underground placement methods meant to limit disruption, according to its April 2026 installation explainer. An older company explainer from 2024 describes both methods: conduit placed underground, or lines strung from existing utility and telephone poles. On streets where the poles are already crowded, which was one of council's concerns, underground work changes what residents see. You'd notice crews along the right-of-way rather than new lines overhead.

That 2024 explainer also gives the company's general estimate of two to three months for network construction, underground or aerial. It says grass areas and sidewalks disturbed by the work are restored to their original condition. It doesn't mention driveways, so homes with paved aprons running to the street should ask the crew about that directly. The two-to-three-month figure is a company-wide estimate, not a Normandy Park schedule.

Hooking up an individual house goes faster. Ezee Fiber says to plan for about one to two hours for the in-home installation once service is available at the address.

Normandy Park already has wired options

Ezee Fiber wouldn't be the first wired provider in town. Xfinity's Normandy Park page says it serves the area and currently advertises 300 Mbps for $45 a month, locked for five years, for eligible new customers, with restrictions. Quantum Fiber's Normandy Park page says its fiber service is available in the city, with plans from 500 Mbps up to multi-gig tiers, depending on the address.

For many households, then, Ezee Fiber would be one more wired choice, not the first fiber option. Here is how its advertised plans compare, according to its residential plans page:

The company says its packages come with no term contract, no hidden fees, eero Wi-Fi equipment, and free professional installation. All of these prices and promotions are as advertised at the time of writing. What actually applies depends on the address and could change before the network reaches any Normandy Park street.

If you want to watch for Ezee Fiber at your house, three steps cover it:

1. Run your address through Check Availability on Ezee Fiber's construction page, which the company uses for build updates and construction FAQs.
2. Decide whether to pre-register. The company charges $10 to pre-register before construction finishes in an area, and in return offers the first month of service free, priority installation, and branded swag. It puts the value of the free month at as much as $109, depending on the plan.
3. Send construction questions to [email protected], the address the company lists for Washington construction inquiries.

If construction does reach Normandy Park, the Des Moines pattern suggests watching for a mailed notice, a contractor's door hanger, and orange paint near your planting strip.

If fiber reaches your block before you sell, it belongs in the listing, along with the photos and the 3D tour. At Michelle Codd Homes, we keep track of street-level changes like this in Normandy Park, and we can show you how they fit into what your home is worth today. Request your Home Value and we'll walk you through it.