One of my key priorities is improving infrastructure and boosting investment in North Northumberland. This page is a collation of my work to level up our area.
Yesterday, the specific Northumberland roads to benefit from £5.5m over two years were detailed in the plan that the Department for Transport made councils produce.
Every penny of the £19.8bn saved from the Northern leg of HS2 is being reinvested in transport across the North.
On the day the Chancellor sets out our Plan for Long Term Growth, it was the perfect time to sit down with the Transport Secretary to keep up the pressure to dual the A1 in North Northumberland!
£35 million for a new Berwick hospital, completed next year.
£33m for Northumberland potholes over three years.
£20m new leisure centre in Tweedmouth.
£7.3m to upgrade 3,750 North Northumberland premises’ broadband.
£3.7m for Northumberland bridge repairs.
Craster Memorial Hall is a wonderful community hub providing warmth, food and drink, social interaction, and internet access, particularly for the vulnerable and those in need, as well as hosting the Parish Council, the Community Trust, the Women’s Institute and the Local History Group.
Did you know: 55% of small businesses here in Berwick-upon-Tweed have been trading for over a decade, compared to 39% elsewhere in the country, and it was a pleasure to visit one of them recently – Allan Brothers, the longest established window company in the UK!
I am delighted to share with you that Northumberland and the North of Tyne combined authority has successfully secured £3 million from the Government's £110 million Rural England Prosperity Fund.