Shortlist revealed for £675m High Streets Fund
The Government has released the shortlist of towns, including 14 in the North West, which have been progressed to the next stage of bidding for the much-touted £675m Future High Streets Fund.
The total list of 50 towns will now receive up to £150,000 to work up detailed project proposals, based on their initial plans. According to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, they will be focussing on places which have “shovel ready” projects where there might be opportunities to accelerate these.
In the region towns moved to phase two are:
- Farnworth, Bolton
- Oldham, Oldham
- Stockport, Stockport
- Stretford, Trafford
- Wigan, Wigan
- Birkenhead and New Ferry, Wirral
- Crewe, Cheshire East
- Winsford, Cheshire West & Chester
- Chorley, Chorley
- Morecambe, Lancaster
- Nelson, Pendle
- Fleetwood, Wyre
- Whitehaven, Copeland
The fund was launched in December, with a Government brief that it was looking to “provide co-funding towards capital projects that bring transformative change. We want to see the regeneration of our town centres through innovative proposals around transport, housing delivery and our public services”.
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