A classic motorcycle run from Dumfries to Kippford organised by a man from the seaside village has raised more than £4,000 for charity.
16.05.2023 - 04:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Broadband engineers installing new superfast internet cables have upset residents of another Scots street after claims the firm behind the plans broke a promise to warn of its arrival for a second time.
Cityfibre is installing hundreds of millions of pounds' worth of gigabit internet lines that could download movies in moments - but the firm has come in for criticism after allegedly failing to alert residents of disruption. Early on Monday contractors hired on behalf of the tech firm began digging up Aitken Street in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow.
Bosses say they are notifying local residents before carving trenches in their pavements to lay cables and, in some cases, cutting off street access for hours at a time. However, Aitken Street locals say they have had no notice of the works whatsoever.
Local resident Joseph Elder said: "They're digging up right outside the close, and closed off the pavement with these mad barriers. Some guy who was meant to be here to let people out through the fences has disappeared.
"We've not had a thing through the door. See if there was a notice, we could at least prepare.
"They're digging this big hole, like a trench, and there are no plastic plates across the hole. We can't get out through the back, there's no way out."
Mr Elder added that the works, carried out by contractor GCU Utilities, paled in comparison to those carried out by another broadband firm in the past. "Virgin were here a couple of years ago and we never had this problem," he said.
"They warned us, they let us all know that they would be working in the street. They never had big barriers like this, it's an absolute horrorshow. We're suffering."
He has raised a complaint with Cityfibre, which has said in response: "We are sorry
A classic motorcycle run from Dumfries to Kippford organised by a man from the seaside village has raised more than £4,000 for charity.
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