£5.4m Salford regeneration announced in budget

A £5.4m regeneration project for Salford has been announced in today’s budget report.

The project is part of the Levelling Up Partnerships, which hopes to provide more than £200m in regeneration projects for England’s ‘left-behind places.’

Salford, along with 15 other regeneration projects have been assessed as ‘high-quality’, meaning work will begin later this year. Each project is under £10m, ensuring ‘quick delivery and a good spread of funding across England’.

Greater Manchester has been awarded more than £12m in funding, with Wigan receiving a further £6.6m. Amounts are subject to change.

Other regeneration projects include: £8 million in Blackpool, £6.7 million in Tendring, £5.6 million in Kirklees, £9.8 million in Telford and Wrekin,£8.4 million in Waltham Forest, £4.3 million in East Suffolk, £20 million in Sandwell, £20 million in Redcar and Cleveland, £19.9 million in Tameside, £20 million in Blackburn with Darwen, £20 million in Wolverhampton, £16.4 million in Northumberland, £20 million in Rotherham and £20 million in North East Lincolnshire.

The North-West is set to welcome three ‘capital projects’, including “a new community hub in Stockport, the transformation of Bootle town centre, and the redevelopment of markets as well as transport connectivity improvements in Rossendale.”