Halfway milestone for Northern Lincolnshire Broadband project

The Northern Lincolnshire Broadband rollout project has reached its halfway point, having connected almost 17,000 domestic properties and commercial buildings in the region to fibre optic broadband.

Humberston, Brigg, Scunthorpe, Barrow, Immingham, Timberlands, Riddings and Epworth are among the towns and villages to have benefited from gaining access to the high-speed technology under the regional connectivity initiative to date.

In addition, representatives from the rollout programme have been educating local firms about how to use the fibre network to their best advantage.

Cabinet Member for Policy and Resources at North Lincolnshire Council Neil Poole commented: "The Northern Lincs Broadband project is already having a huge impact on the area.

"Residents and businesses across Northern Lincolnshire keep telling us how much of a difference it is making."

By the time the scheme ends in June next year, it should have delivered better broadband to a total of 31,000 homes and businesses.