Article OpenReach signs £384 million contract to deliver superfast broadband to the Highlands as the Scottish Government is slammed for its late delivery as it is likely to be completed between five to six years late By Scott Maclennan Published: 12:30, 22 December 2020 Get the Inverness Courier sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Scotland's energy minister Paul Wheelhouse. The contract to deliver superfast broadband to the north of Scotland including the Highlands has finally been signed â just five months before the project was scheduled to be delivered. The SNP vowed at the last election to complete the R100 project before the next election but that will not now happen after numerous delays to the signing of the £384 million for the so-called north lot.