A further 10,000 premises to get broadband

The map is an extract from the Connecting Cheshire map, showing Audlem and its immediate area.

Second phase

Superfast fibre broadband will soon be available to an extra 10,000 homes and businesses across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington – thanks to a second phase of roll-out by Connecting Cheshire.

The new cabling work, to boost the network coverage, has already started and will see more than £6m invested by summer 2017 to provide fibre broadband technology to many areas that were unable to benefit from previous roll-outs.

The phase 2 funding has been provided by Government, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton and Warrington councils and supplemented by funding from BT. Rural areas such as Arley, Burleydam, Gawsworth, Huxley and Wincle will join the fibre fast lane for the first time as the network is extended.

Coverage

Additional coverage will also be provided, building on the coverage provided during phase 1, in some remaining urban areas, while more rural and outlying areas such as Malpas, Cholmondeley, Bunbury and Mobberley are set to benefit.

For full details of the areas included, to download detailed maps and details of a public information event on November 6, click here

To date, the Connecting Cheshire Partnership with BT has given more than 85,000 premises access to high-speed fibre broadband.

More than 450 street cabinets have already gone live and the new maps issued today set out the timetable for the coming months up to the end of the programme in 2017.

Further coverage

The partnership is currently actively seeking further funding to include even more areas outside its current plans and to improve speeds in areas where the technology is less effective and speeds are lower.

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