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Yorkshire altnet Quickline has expanded its Project Gigabit broadband rollout, securing an additional £11 million in public funding to support the extension
The new phase will bring full fibre connectivity to 6,000 more hard-to-reach homes and businesses across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, further enhancing the reach of the government-backed initiative.
The expansion covers Quickline’s existing Project Gigabit network, including regions in West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, and East Riding of Yorkshire. With this latest adjustment, public investment in Quickline’s full fibre rollout will exceed £300 million, now serving over 170,000 premises. Progress remains steady, with new rural areas across the region gaining access to high-speed, reliable broadband on a weekly basis.
“This is great news for people in underserved areas across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. By refining our plans with the more recent data, we can extend our reach and connect even more homes and businesses to full fibre broadband where it’s needed most. As a trusted regional delivery partner for the UK government, we’re proud to play a key role in ensuring no community is left behind,” said Dan Hague, Project Delivery Director for Quickline in a press release.
“Project Gigabit is boosting some of the most remote areas in the UK and equipping people with the vital tools they need to thrive in the digital world, no matter where they choose to call home,” said Telecoms Minister Sir Chris Bryant.
“It is great that even more homes and businesses across Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will soon benefit from the fastest speeds on the market thanks to this government intervention,” he continued.
Project Gigabit is the UK government’s £5 billion subsidy scheme to help extend broadband to some of the most rural parts of the country, typically where infrastructure rollouts by the private sector would not be commercially viable. So far, over 30 Project Gigabit contracts have been awarded, totalling around £2.6 billion of the £5 billion fund.
The UK government is currently aiming to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to at least 85% of UK premises by 2025 and the whole of the UK (roughly 99%) by 2030.
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