Digital | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Digital infrastructure

To drive our region’s economic growth and achieve our goal of becoming the most digitally connected city region in the UK, we have developed an action plan.

It is not just about broadband – it is about digital in all of its forms, from fibre to 5G.

We are looking at how we can be smarter to ensure that our policies on housing, transport, skills and energy can support digital connectivity to benefit everyone who lives and works in the Liverpool City Region and beyond.

Ultrafast connectivity will supercharge our city region and transform how we all work, live and play. This means our region will be able to attract major new companies, industries and jobs, generating £1 billion for our local economy.

Improving the city region’s connectivity is not just good for us. As well as connecting our communities, reducing our dependence on London’s infrastructure will boost the country’s resilience and contribute to businesses across the UK.

Our digital assets

We will create a full fibre network that covers the six local authority areas that make up our city region.

We will be connecting a number of our key assets, which will include:

The Hartree super computer – one of the, biggest, fastest computers in the country, which is based in Halton.

One of the UK’s main trans-Atlantic fibre optic cables, which carries internet traffic between the UK, North America and the rest of the world, and comes ashore in Southport.

More policy information

If you would like to learn more about our policies or are looking for guidance and procedures to get involved with our schemes then please visit our policy documents page. Our policy documents offer detailed information on the various policies.

Policy documents