Wolverhampton and Sheffield are kicking off the regeneration revolution across England. They are just two of the 20 towns and cities that will be transformed to boost jobs, drive investment, and breathe new life into local communities.
Towns and cities across the country will be transformed thanks to a radical new regeneration programme that will breathe fresh life into disadvantaged communities. Under plans set out in the Levelling Up White Paper, which is due to be published next week, derelict sites in towns and city centres will be transformed, creating new homes, jobs, and beautiful new communities across England. Wolverhampton and Sheffield will be the first of 20 places supported by the government to deliver ambitious regeneration projects that will boost local communities and create urban areas people will be proud to live and work in.
In Wolverhampton, local leaders are being given the tools that will catalyse the revival of the city and the wider Wolverhampton to Walsall corridor, building on the government’s £20 million Levelling Up Fund investment and the new DLUHC headquarters in the city centre.
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, said: “Here in the West Midlands, we have been the real pioneers of a brownfield-first approach to housing, using government cash to remediate derelict old industrial sites and turn them into thriving new communities – all whilst protecting irreplaceable greenbelt land.
So I am absolutely delighted that the government are continuing to support our work, putting further funding on the table so we can build on the progress we have already made. I am particularly pleased to see the new funding for Wolverhampton, which is really at the heart of the brownfield revolution taking place in the West Midlands.”
