BT OpenReach Poles on Albert Street
NWSCC
Added at 15:51 on 16 March 2026
Pedestrians walking down Albert Street may have noticed the installation by BT of some rather unsightly metal poles up to the Young Street junction for full-fibre broadband delivery. Whilst it is encouraging that full-fibre is coming to the West End, NWSCC enquired why overhead, rather than undergound, delivery was chosen and to what extent the poles would be implemented throughout the area. The response received is linked, there was no response to the second question but on the first, notably, "we decided to move forward with the overhead approach due to blockage or congestion in the underground ducting in the area of our operation." More poles to come?
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