<p>42 local broadband projects have signed contract and are in implementation. 100,000 premises have had superfast broadband made available as a result of BDUK intervention. BDUK will continue to support local projects throughout the programme's lifecycle and October 2013 will see the acceleration of the roll out to more than 10,000 premises each week. By the spring of 2014 it is anticipated that 25,000 premises per week will be gaining availability to superfast broadband and by the summer of 2014 that will rise up to 40,000 per week. Over the lifetime of the programme we estimate that over 4 million homes and businesses across the UK will have gained availability to superfast broadband.</p><p>In addition, the Government is removing a swathe of red tape to avoid potential delays to the roll out of infrastructure. Measures are in place to relax the planning restrictions for new cabinets, poles and overhead lines, and mobile infrastructure, to speed up and reduce costs to communications providers rolling out broadband. The Government is leading discussions with key players to improve the co-ordination of street works and achieve value for money in relation to power supplies to cabinets as part of the rural broadband programme. The wayleave regime governing the installation of equipment on private land is also to be reformed which should help speeding up the installation of communications infrastructure in rural areas.</p>