Projects

The 36 kilometre fibre path heads north on Brock Road from Taunton Road, through the hamlets of Brougham, Claremont, and Coppins Corners, to Highway 47 and then extending south into Goodwood before continuing north on Highway 47 into Uxbridge. This project is partially funded by the Investment in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). The Region owns the conduit and fibre backbone and is in talks with several Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that are interested in leveraging this backbone to serve rural residents and businesses. Once commercial agreements are signed, these ISPs will be responsible for building the last-mile infrastructure to connect homes to the service, providing increased access for residents and ongoing revenue for Durham OneNet. 

Construction on the project began in October 2021 and was completed in the summer of 2022. 

Durham OneNet initiated a major expansion of the Regional Broadband Network into rural areas of Durham.

This project involves the building of fibre optic cable through the following 14 rural communities.

• Balsam
• Blackwater
• Chalk Lake
• Columbus
• South Courtice
• Dagmar & Glen Major
• Manchester
• Myrtle
• Myrtle Station
• Raglan
• Saintfield
• Shirley
• Silver Spring Cres, Wagg Rd, Reid Rd in Uxbridge
• Victoria Corners

We have partnered with Vianet to carry out the build and deliver high speed Internet service to approximately 1500 rural residents and businesses.

Construction began in late 2022 and to date we have made significant progress by installing over 140 km of underground fibre optic conduit and enabling services to over 700 underserved premises passed.

The project is expected to be completed in 2025.

This project is made possible with funding from the Federal Government’s Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) program and Ontario’s Improving Connectivity for Ontario (ICON) program.

Ceremony marking first customer activation - September 2023

Ceremony marking first customer activation - September 2023

Signage showing broadband construction activity - September 2023

Signage announcing Federal and Provincial grant funding – November 2023

Construction activity along Lakeridge Rd. - November 2023