We're among the Team Devon partners, along with business representatives, Devon’s District and City Councils, the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Dartmoor National Park and Devon’s MPs, who have been involved in drawing up the COVID-19 Economy and Business Recovery Plan.
CDS is funding fibre broadband connections to over 6,000 homes and businesses which will be delivered by Airband, and thanks to the high level of take-up of broadband services in the region from previous connectivity delivered by Openreach, CDS is re-investing £6 million from the Government’s “Gainshare” agreement with the company to extend Openreach full fibre coverage to over 2,000 premises.
Cabinet has backed the submission for the £93 million scheme, as well as approving the design of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge at Landkey and the start of site clearance on the scheme later this year.
The route, which includes widened shared paths, priority crossings and two-way cycle routes, now links to the first phase of the route on Cumberland Way and onto Redhayes Bridge over the M5 which connects with the east of Exeter.
