Shailesh Vara MP has welcomed the roll out of superfast broadband internet to Hampton in Peterborough, and the news that this process will continue to other local areas through the Connecting Cambridgeshire project managed by Cambridgeshire County Council.

The Connecting Cambridgeshire project runs separately to the rollout plans of internet service providers and it is hoped that by 2015, 98% of properties in Cambridgeshire will be connected to superfast broadband.

Mr Vara has been campaigning for better broadband connections to be made available to residents in Hampton since he was elected as an MP in 2005 and in welcoming the announcement he commented:

“I am absolutely delighted that superfast broadband is finally starting to reach some of the local residents who have been waiting for it for the best part of a decade. Hampton has suffered historically from poor internet speeds due to the distance of homes to the nearest telephone exchange and this has been bad for businesses, services and residents.

I am absolutely sure this new service will be welcomed by local residents as fast internet connections have become integral to everyday life in a relatively short space of time.”