Investment in Scarborough Borough Could Top £100m

Wednesday, 6 July 2022 06:00

By Matthew Pells with additional reporting from Anttoni James Numminen, Local Democracy Reporter

More government money could be coming to Scarborough if new funding bids are successful.

North Yorkshire County Council has confirmed it is applying for £33m of levelling up funding to make improvements to Scarborough and Seamer train stations.

Scarborough Borough Council also confirmed this week that it is submitting it's own levelling up bid this week for up to £20m of funding for the station gateway project.

Borough Council Chief Exec - Mike Greene - says with funding already approved from the town deal fund, the investment coming in to the town is a remarkable achievement.

The levelling up funding would be in addition to the £37m of towns deal funding which the borough has already received.

Both the Towns Fund and the Levelling Up Fund are UK-wide Government programmes that aim to invest in towns and infrastructure, respectively.

Speaking at the Cabinet meeting on Friday 1 July, Council Leader, Cllr Steve Siddons said:

“One of the things I wanted to say was the fact that Scarborough and Whitby have in the first place won this award of millions of pounds.

“Council officers have worked incredibly hard to put together proposals in the last few days that have reached approval and we’ve been given the funding.”

Borough Council leader - Steve Siddons - says the town deal cash has arrived and those projects can now start.

The projects in Scarborough which are set to receive funding from the Towns Fund are Station Gateway, Fab Lab, Green Construction Skills Village, Scarborough Cricket Club, Scarborough Fair, Scarborough Harbour West Pier, Local Cycling and Walking, and the Scarborough Wild Eye.

The projects in Whitby which are set to receive funding are Broomfields, Eastside Wellbeing, Harbourside Public Realm and Swingbridge, The Old Town Hall, Whitby Maritime Training Hub, and Whitby Wayfinding.

For both towns, funding will also be spent on overall project management.