Welcoming the government announcement of an extra £250million of superfast broadband funding, South Gloucestershire Conservative Councillor for the Severn ward, Matthew Riddle said:
“It's excellent news that there is this additional government funding to help more households and businesses get into the broadband fast lane because this is something that I had written to the Minister asking for.
We have a particular local problem in some communities, such as Elberton, which have found that they are too far away from the exchange in Alveston to benefit from its upgrade to superfast broadband. I very much hope that this additional funding will be able to help communities like Elberton - thereby minimising the digital divide.”