Taxpayers in Barnsley will foot the bill as the costs of the superfast broadband Digital Region project go up again.
It was announced today that Barnsley Council will put £650,000 into a £3m pot to keep the project, which has installed fibre-optic cables across South Yorkshire, going.
At a press conference at the Digital Media Centre, Digital Region boss David Cowell said the investment was necessary to 'achieve growth and transformation in the region'.
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