SUPPORT: Artistâs impressions of the Shrub Hill regeneration and medical centre; from left: Cllr Geraghty, Cllr Bayliss, Cllr Agar and MP Robin Walker A MAJOR multi-million-pound bid for government regeneration funding in Worcester has been backed by councillors. Worcester City Council revealed £28 million plans to regenerate several parts of the city including the tired Shrub Hill area building a new medical centre on the banks of the River Severn, hundreds of homes and a new Building Block training centre in Dines Green. The bid was backed by the city council s policy and resources committee on Monday (January 25) and will now be submitted to the government.
Worcester City Council said it will submit a bid to the Government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund at the end of January, setting out how £28 million could deliver long-term economic growth for the city and aid recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The council also said the work would act as a catalyst for business start-up and growth, providing a range of co-working and individual business spaces, alongside a training and business hub to help residents and small businesses evolve business ideas into real opportunities. Last year, Worcester was one of 101 towns across the UK to be given the opportunity to create a Town Investment Plan and pitch for funding.
HOTSPOTS: Four areas in the city (highlighted in dark purple) had average infection rates of 800 cases or more per 100,000 people in the week THE city’s coronavirus ‘hotspots’ have been revealed with the latest figures showing several parts of Worcester recording 60 or more cases in a week. A total of 77 cases were recorded in King George’s Field in Worcester - which covers WR3 and WR4 postcodes including parts of Astwood Road, Tolladine Road, Langdale Drive, Brickfields Road and Blackpole Road – between January 4 and January 10. A total of 71 cases were recorded in Lyppard Grange and 69 cases were recorded in Dines Green and St John s.