Yep, good news IF the money is there, the slum landlords are the number one problem in the town and everyone knows it, it'll be interesting to see what actual powers the new enforcement actually has, as it really needs compulsory purchase of a lot of properties.
Below is part of the town deal.
Revoe Community Sports Village – allocated £6.5m
This project will aid the regeneration of the Revoe area, creating new sports pitches and facilities for communitywide use. It will create investment within the Blackpool FC Bloomfield Road ground and surrounding area. The overall project aim is to provide a sports village with leisure, education, and residential uses. And attract further private investment to the area.
The proposed university is also an excellent idea, universities transform towns.
As always, we'll wait to see if any of this actually happens, but to be fair to the Tories, this is more than anyone has proposed for the town in a generation or more. They'll get my vote if this comes off and makes a real difference as this town matters more than anything else political to me.
Yep, there's lots of good things happening, not all linked to them but a lot is proposed and will make a big difference, can only judge them on that and if it comes off.
This is why I dont get why people get all hung up on a political party. They can all at times do shit things, at times ones policy will work out better than another.
They haven't had an easy hand to be fair with brexit a tricky issue to sort, but then a pandemic, supply issues cost of living crisis and the war affecting things.
I don't have any loyalty to any party, just whichever seems the best at the time given our circumstances.
The levelling up agenda sounds good, but now is looking like it may have actual legs. People will say well Labour would give more etc, but we can only judge the past and what we have proposed.
The main thing is its about time some of these issues were addressed and its looking very promising for Blackpool, am excited to see a lot of the projects, not all are linked to this funding.
We have the cinema complex in town, tennis pavilion on Stanley Park refurb, tree planting ongoing, the revoe masterplan including the east stand, sports village and central drive refurb, new houses, streets, which leads onto the Blackpool Central, with new attractions and hotels, restaurants etc.
We have new shop fronts all over town, including ones at the winter gardens, some street improvements and a new conference centre. The street improvements done look good, for eg Edward Street near the market back entrance, thr market itself is being done up and thr cedar tavern pub is being done up with name change.
We have the airport enterprise zone expanding, new road, businesses and sports pitches.
The multiversity in town, the Stanley building refurb, illuminations upgrade, the tram town tours are looking to improve that experience but need monet first for a new roof then can add a cafe etc to make a better attraction.
5 star hotel and museum, Talbot gateway including new tram hub, hotel and restaurant. Even the ambulance station is being upgraded near the gurkha.
As well as some more mentioned on here and some other stuff from standard investment and improvement.
Plus probably stuff I've missed.
www.blackpool.gov.uk
There's a lot happening.
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