Council's disappointment as funding for £125million Eden Project North 'omitted' from budget
The leader of a Lancshire council has expressed her disappointment and frustration after funding for a major new project was omitted from the Chancellor's budget.
Funding for Eden Project North, an ambitious new project to develop different cultural assets to boost future creativity, investment, innovation, jobs and prosperity in the area was left out of Rishi Sunak's latest annoucement, with the £70million needed to help fund the project now having to be sourced from elsewhere.
Along with the Lake District World Heritage Site, Eden North, which is to be built on the site of the old Bubbles swimming pool on Morecambe promenade, is seen as a key component of a plan to develop the Morecambe Bay Cultural Compact.