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The Carlisle projects set to be financed by the multi-million-pound Future High Streets Fund investment package have been chosen.
The projects that will be carried out using the funding include £4.7m of repurposing work on the site of the former Central Plaza Hotel on Victoria Viaduct, in order to allow for the site to be redeveloped.
Demolition of the former hotel was completed early last year, after the crumbling building was deemed unsafe.
It was confirmed on Boxing Day that Carlisle was set to receive £9.1m in Government investment, as part of its Future High Streets Fund scheme, which seeks to inject cash into projects across England that will help boost the economic development of town and city centres.
Councillor John Mallinson, leader of Carlisle City Council. The Carlisle projects set to be financed by the multi-million pound Future High Streets Fund investment package have been chosen. The projects that will be carried out using the funding include £4.7m of repurposing works on the site of the former Central Plaza Hotel on Victoria Viaduct, in order to allow for the site to be redeveloped. Demolition of the former hotel was completed early last year, after the crumbling building was deemed unsafe. It was confirmed on Boxing Day that Carlisle was set to receive £9.1m in Government investment, as part of its Future High Streets Fund scheme, which seeks to inject cash into projects across England that will help boost the economic development of town and city centres.
New details have emerged of two projects set to be carried out in Carlisle, financed by a £1m funding injection from central Government. Carlisle City Council is preparing to begin two schemes financed through the national Government s Towns Fund initiative. A total of £850,000 will go towards preparing land adjacent to the Viaduct Estate Road, on the edge of the city centre, for a high quality housing development. A further £150,000 will go towards the creation of a temporary modular pod village in Bitts Park, to be used by local businesses and artists. The £1m funding was allocated to the council late last year, following the Government s decision to accelerate the delivery of a portion of the Towns Fund initiative as part of its efforts to help kickstart the economic recovery from Covid-19.