Sefton Council, Merseyside 

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Email: yourseftonyoursay@sefton.gov.uk

Sefton’s Digital Strategy 2024 – 2027.
Consultation.

Please complete the Digital Strategy Questionnaire, go to page 29

From the report
Theme 3 – Business Growth.

• The authority is committed to working in partnership with the LCR Connect Team to expand mobile network coverage, including 5G across  Sefton.
• Free public Wi-Fi has been delivered within Bootle Strand
• Sefton has established a Digital Infrastructure Board to ensure alignment of all key digital programmes including Growth with the digital strategy.
• The authority has launched a dedicated Networking Group (Sefton Huddle) for all Digital, Creative and Tech industries located in the Sefton.

Smart Cities.

Sefton continues to work in partnership with regional colleagues to explore opportunities to deploy smart technology across the place as appropriate, over the next few years we will:
• Learn from our adoption of Air Quality sensors and how such technologies can be linked to traffic flow management to reduce pollution across key areas of the Sefton.
• Embed Cyber resilience guidance for Smart Cities within our local governance.
• Consider the use of new technology to support safer communities, including a review of our existing CCTV infrastructure.
• Continue to explore opportunities at a regional level which meet the strategic aspirations for Sefton.

Connectivity.
We will:

• Continue to work in partnership with the wider Liverpool City Region on the deployment of next generation wireless technology to support the Smart Cities Programme including the deployment of 5G networks.

• Establish a rolling upgrade programme of the Councils Wi-Fi Services to improve coverage across all Council buildings, including the provision of public access.
• Explore new solutions for Corporate Connectivity such as SDWAN. (Software Defined Wide Area Network)
• Explore opportunities to utilise new services such as Gov Wi-Fi to further enhance solutions for integrated working.

Go to Agenda item five and read the report from page 11 and complete the survey from page 29 or email yourseftonyoursay@sefton.gov.uk

https://modgov.sefton.gov.uk/documents/g11490/Public%20reports%20pack%2003rd-Jun-2024%2010.30%20Public%20Engagement%20and%20Consultation%20Panel.pdf?T=10