Five areas in England and Scotland have agreed with the UK government the details of their Levelling Up Partnership funding.
Boston, Stoke-on-Trent, Wakefield, the Scottish Borders and Tendring were previously announced as areas which would receive the funding to “turbo charge” regeneration in their areas.
In Boston, £13m is being invested in regeneration and improving access to community sports facilities, including £7m for Boston Leisure Centre and £3.2m to complete Boston United’s community sports complex, which will include 30 affordable homes.
A further £1.5m will be spent on projects to support community groups and to boost tourism and £2.8m will allow Boston College to acquire and develop the Haven Wharf site for a digital and creative campus.
In Stoke-on-Trent, some £6.5m will be spent to regenerate the city’s historic and heritage buildings while £2.5m will be spent improving recreational facilities and creating a new wellbeing campus.
Some £10m of funding in Wakefield will be used to renovate the Grade II listed Crown Court, £3.2m will be spent on film studios at Production Park, with further funds for building a new voluntary and community sector hub in the city centre.
In the Scottish Borders, the government will invest more than £11m to support local economic development, including hotel development in Galashiels, Crook Inn Bunkhouse, purchase of business units in Eyemouth, and a brownfield fund pot for Hawick. Some £2.3m will support the bus network, and £6m will support refurbishment and retrofitting of buildings, youth services and village halls.
Subject to local cabinet approval, Tendring’s Levelling Up Partnership will likely include £3m to redevelop Clacton Leisure Centre, £2m to unlock the delivery of an urgent treatment centre and primary care facility at Clacton Hospital, and £2.5m to provide a new walking route across Tudor Fields, alongside other interventions to support regeneration.
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