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Kier<\/a> has been appointed by CityFibre<\/a> to deliver full-fibre rollouts across five towns and cities in central and south-west England<\/h2>\n

This work is part of CityFibre\u2019s\u00a0\u00a34bn Gigabit City Investment Programme<\/a> which is targeting up to 8 million premises to upgrade to full-fibre and supports the government\u2019s own full-fibre ambitions of delivering superfast broadband<\/a> speeds across the country by 2025.<\/p>\n

The combined worth of the five contracts, covering Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bath, Weston-Super-Mare and Worcester, is up to \u00a382m and works will start from early 2021 and will run for two and a half years.<\/p>\n

To support this programme of works, Kier will be creating c.300 employment, apprenticeship and training opportunities across all of these locations, as well as upskilling teams to deliver this vital digital infrastructure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Transforming the digital infrastructure of cities<\/h3>\n

Barry McNicholas, group managing director at Kier Utilities & Rail<\/a>, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been appointed by CityFibre to construct full-fibre networks in key locations across England and support its wider plans of transforming the digital infrastructure of cities and towns across the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe need for reliable and fast broadband speeds has never been greater and our expertise and skills within the telecoms sector means we are ideally placed to support CityFibre\u2019s ambitious plans which will allow more consumers to benefit from a full-fibre experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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