Mr King added: “Colchester’s award needs to be seen in the context of the earlier £1m accelerated Town deal award and other recent funding decisions by Government that will benefit the town, such as the £3.77m Local Growth Fund awarded by SELEP for the Queen Street grow-on scheme and more than £2m from the Emergency Access Travel Fund awarded by the Department of Transport via ECC. Together they amount to around £25m for the future recovery of Colchester.” Neighbours Ipswich secured the full £25 million from the scheme and Colchester High Steward Sir Bob Russell said residents of Colchester deserved an explanation.