WORK is finally set to restart on a new multi-million pound plan to build more affordable housing in Inverclyde following delays during the pandemic. Contractors have moved in to start a £5 million development of around 70 new homes for Oak Tree in Greenock s Tweed Street. Meanwhile a £1.4m programme by River Clyde Homes will see 20 new units on the site of the former Cumberland Walk shops. It is part of a drive to have 800 new affordable houses in the area, with a total of £60m needed in the next five years to meet that goal. A report by Inverclyde Council s environment and regeneration director Scott Allan said: Housing development was halted in March 2020 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the resultant national lockdown.
WORK is set to start to turn the site of a former church building gutted by a fire into a new car park. The £250,000 project will create 20 new spaces in the town centre, following the demolition of the old Greenock Free Church. The building, which was being used as a furniture storage space at the time, went up in flames in a huge blaze. Jamaica Street s new car park is part of a wider £3 million plan to revamp the town centre. It involves a redesign of West Blackhall Street which will result in it having fewer car parking spaces. The Jamaica Street ground has been snapped up to help offset that loss.
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