Superfast broadband is coming to Marlborough – but the town council is warning residents that it will mean more roadworks which could last until April next year.

Two companies are to install wiring for fast fibre broadband in the town which will provide a service 35 times faster than the current local average, it is claimed.

But it will mean more digging up the roads and therefore possible traffic delays.

Two companies, Giganet and Gigaclear, have informed the council of their plans to install fibre broadband in the area.

Both companies have been advised of dates to avoid and urged to use traffic management at key points in the town such as the A4/A346 intersection, Marlborough Town Council has said.

They have also been urged to work outside peak school run hours and in school holidays.

Giganet's work started in March 2022 and will complete by April 2023 connecting 4,254 properties.

Joe Gregory, regional community manager for Giganet, confirmed that it will take a year to connect thousands of properties in Marlborough to the new service.

Mr Gregory said: “ Giganet provides full fibre internet and phone services to both businesses and residential customers. Our service is 35 times faster than the average for Marlborough making it future proofed for the next 20 years.

“The work started March 2022 and will complete by April 2023 connecting 4,254 properties.”

He added: “All of your devices can be used without slow down or buffering. The whole house can watch Netflix and Amazon etc in 4k on multiple devices at once, without affecting the signal.

“Computer games can be downloaded in a fraction of the time. Game downloads can take several hours, take up a lot of bandwidth and can interfere with the family's internet usage. Full fibre internet can reduce the time to minutes rather than hours. For instance, the latest Call of Duty 100gb game takes 15 minutes to fully download and install rather than three and a half hours

“Our service does not use any copper wire. This means there is far less maintenance required to keep the service running. Our service is far more reliable than standard broadband which means less downtime and more playtime.”

The town council is advising residents that they can stay ahead of any planned roadworks by signing up with it for email alerts, or search an online map, at https://one.network/ where they can see current and planned works to Wiltshire highways: road closures and roadworks.