Investment in Gigg Lane on 16:21 - Mar 6 by 49thseason | "Bury Council has been successful in securing £20 million from the Government's Levelling Up Fund to support transformational improvements at Bury Market, the development of a new Flexi Hall and enhanced public realm improvements". RMBC applied for £20m and got ... ZERO |
The funding for the transformational new shopping/leisure precinct on Baillie St, the opening up of the river and the restoration of the town hall to A1 condition plus the Touchstones revamp may or may not have come from a "levelling up" fund, but does it matter? These changes have happened at huge expense, and maybe the application was badly prepared? [Post edited 6 Mar 16:48]
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