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I'm overjoyed to let you all know that we've secured a phenomenal £31 million for projects in the borough from Round Two of the government’s Levelling Up fund. We're not even a month in to 2023 and I can already feel it's going to be a good year!
About £14million of this funding is going to make long-awaited improvements to Leyton Station as part of our commitment to improve infrastructure in the borough. This is something we've been working towards with TfL for many years so it's fantastic to see all that work finally pay off.
Anyone who uses the station will know these improvements (including new entrance, ticket hall and facilities for step-free access) will make a huge difference to local people.
So what about the remaining £17million? This will go towards several projects in Walthamstow, including significant improvements across the High Street, Hoe Street and St James Street areas and the creation of new cultural hubs at Chestnuts House, Hatherley Mews and Vestry House.
Every silver lining has a cloud and unfortunately our other funding bids were rejected this time. We had asked the government for money towards improvements in Chingford Mount and Highams Park town centres, as well as refurbishment for the Cricket Pavilion at Leyton Sports Ground, and we will review the government’s feedback on these bids when we come to re-submit them in Round Three of the Fund.
I want to thank Stewart Murray, Ian Rae, Will Teasdale and their teams for their excellent work in putting together our bid for this funding. Congratulations on a fantastic job.
Martin
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