FLAMBOROUGH and LIMEHOUSE, Ont. — Residents in the rural Ontario communities of Flamborough and Limehouse will soon have access to high-speed Internet service from Bell Canada thanks in part to $123,400 in funding from the federal government, provided through its Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) rapid response stream.
The Canadian government announced the funding today during a virtual press conference that included the participation of Adam van Koeverden, MP for Milton, Ont., on behalf of Gudie Hutchings, federal minister of rural economic development.
The breakdown of the UBF funding being provided to Bell Canada to construct the two broadband networks is as follows: $39,400 for the Flamborough project; and $84,000 for the Limehouse project.
Bell is also contributing funding to the projects.
“In addition to our own fully funded capital investments, we are also proud to invest an additional $546,700 to partner with the Government of Canada in providing residents of Flamborough and Limehouse with access to the fastest fibre home Internet speeds available,” said Bruce Furlong, senior vice-president of access engineering and deployment at Bell Canada, in a government press release.
A total of 310 households will benefit from the two broadband projects, including 47 in Flamborough and 263 in Limehouse, according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Minister for Rural Economic Development who spoke to Cartt.ca after the press conference.
Simon Dwyer, director of government affairs at Bell Canada, told Cartt.ca via email that construction on the Flamborough project started late last year, and the Limehouse project will begin shortly.
“We are expecting both be complete within the next 8 weeks (barring any unforeseen issues),” Dwyer wrote.
For more information, please click here for the federal government’s press release.
