By CAM LUCADOU-WELLS
AN “ACCELERATED” rollout of the NBN is being promised to more than 46,000 households and businesses in Melbourne’s outer south-east by September 2018.
Under a new construction schedule announced on Friday 16 October, there will be fixed-line – and some wireless – services coming to “neglected” areas in Casey and Cardinia, says La Trobe MP Jason Wood.
“When Malcolm Turnbull came down as Communications Minister we listened to the electorate, and now it’s great to be delivering NBN to areas that were neglected by the Labor Party in the past.
“The release of the plan is a huge step forward for the NBN as the company works to speed up the rollout and make the build as cost-efficient as possible.”
Under the schedule, parts of Cranbourne North, Narre Warren, Narre Warren South and Lysterfield will be hooked up by the end of 2016.
In the following year, parts of the Dandenongs, Nar Nar Goon, Officer, Pakenham Upper, Cardinia, Clyde North and Devon Meadows will be online.
For more information, see nbnco.com.au/rolloutplan.
