Superfast broadband boost

Local councils have welcomed a £3.24m boost to help deliver superfast broadband across Cheshire.

Audlem, according to a survey conducted by readers of Audlem Online earlier this year, has relatively slow broadband speeds which were getting even slower at the time of the survey. So, it may well be worth as many local users as possible registering their interest using the website or email address below.

Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester and Warrington Borough councils’ share of the £362m pot to improve internet connections in rural parts of England and Scotland was announced on Tuesday by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

However, the three councils’ Cheshire & Warrington Superfast Broadband Project needs to raise up to £40m through additional public sector funding and investment to make the whole of Cheshire completely superfast broadband-enabled by 2015.

Councillor David Brown, Cabinet member with responsibility for performance and capacity at Cheshire East Council, said: “We very much welcome the announcement, although £3.24m is not as high as we had anticipated.

“The team will continue to pursue other sources of funding to complement this sum with the aim of achieving £40m in total.

“We urge the public to help us connect Cheshire and Warrington by registering their demand for superfast broadband on the Connecting Cheshire website.”

Rural communities now need to throw their support behind the campaign. To do this they should visit www.connectingcheshire.org.uk and register their interest or email info@connectingcheshire.org.uk" target="_blank">info@connectingcheshire.org.uk

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