A number of plans for levelling up the borough of Barrow have been put forward.
The proposals would see a cycle storage facility created at the boathouse at Barrow Park and a feasibility study and concept designs produced for Dalton Leisure Centre.
The money for the projects is to come from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.
Borough councillor Sam Ronson, who represents Dalton North, welcomed the input of £16,000 to the town’s leisure centre.
He said: “Hopefully it can help the centre to continue providing its facilities to the town for years to come.
“The funding is part of a larger sum that is being directed towards Dalton which we’re aiming to use to improve the public realm through some minor town centre improvements.”
A report on the proposals, authored by Helen Houston, the borough council’s head of regeneration and planning policy, was produced ahead of a meeting of the council’s executive committee tomorrow.
“The council are awaiting approval from the Government of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund investment plan,” says the report.
“If approved, the council will be required to enter into a grant funding agreement with the Government, the content and implications of which are unknown at this stage.”
The ‘year one’ projects below would be delivered by March 31 next year – prior to the creation of two new unitary authorities in Cumbria:
- Public realm enhancements at Portland Walk and in Dalton town centre – £78,657
- Creation of a secure cycle storage facility, kitchen and toilet facilities in the boathouse at Barrow Park and the creation of a cycle storage facility at The Dock Museum – £52,913
- Support for sport and the physical activity sector – £39,328
- Production of a tourism and heritage strategy for Piel Island – £15,975
- Production of a feasibility study and concept designs for Dalton Leisure Centre – £15,975
- Production of outline designs for Lakeland House, Hindpool, to inform a wider capital bid to increase youth activity work within the building through Drop Zone – £7,500
- Delivering employment support for economically inactive people – £78,656
