7 DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PLAN PDF 322 KB
Minutes:
Report DRR20/017
In August 2020, Government Ministers called on local authorities to help ensure people had access to better broadband and fast and reliable mobile connectivity and that this was crucial to the UK’s recovery from Coronavirus. The expectation from Central Government was that local authorities would work proactively to secure investment in digital infrastructure within their area.
This report set out the local context, providing a work plan for Bromley’s Digital Connectivity.
The Renewal Project Manager confirmed that all cabling was placed underground, including in rural areas; this was a re-wiring exercise only.
RESOLVED that the Executive be recommended to agree to the Digital Infrastructure Work Plan (DIWP) as the primary document covering the facilitation and development of digital infrastructure in the borough and that the actions within the document be supported.