Two more major milestones have been completed this week in the progress towards a new leisure offer and market hall at Freshney Place. This comes in the wake of the announcement yesterday that the Council was allocated money in the Chancellor’s budget to help deliver the scheme. Following the approval of the planning application last…
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North East Lincolnshire Council and its delivery partner, Equans, have received confirmation that £837k of the £4.7m funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) to deliver the Bus Service Improvement Plan for year one, will be received by the end of March. This is the first part of the funding and further funding is expected…
1 year ago | GeneralWork is due to start on site at Riverhead in Grimsby next week (Monday 20 March) to create a new open space in the centre of town. Since the hoardings went up, the main contractors have since been secured, and the build programme finalised. Additionally, work has been going on behind the hoardings to remove…
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Late last year, North East Lincolnshire Council and its delivery partner, Equans, announced the awarded share of £6.7m for new Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme. Since then, sustainable drainage retrofit techniques to mitigate flooding have been put in motion. In February, planter boxes were installed during half-term at the following four schools: Pilgrim Academy,…
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Conservation repair work on the Alfred Enderby Smokehouse on the Port of Grimsby has just about been completed. Started last September, the work by local firm ES Rudkin Ltd has included reinstating historic features as well as improving security features on the building. The building listed as a Grade II structure, is one of the…
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In the Chancellor’s budget today, North East Lincolnshire Council’s bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to support the remodelling of Grimsby Town Centre has been approved. This is on top of the successful Levelling Up Fund bid for Cleethorpes Town Centre announced last month. The £20million, secured for Grimsby Town Centre, will be used…
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Tributes have been paid following the sad death of former North East Lincolnshire Councillor and Mayor of North East Lincolnshire, Terry Walker. Terry was twice Mayor of North East Lincolnshire Council in 1997-98 and 2019-21. He was elected to Great Grimsby Borough Council in 1988 as a Labour councillor for the Carnforth ward and on…
1 year ago | GeneralScores of inspiring people from across the borough gathered at Grimsby Town Hall on Friday night for the Civic Awards 2023. The awards celebrate community spirit in North East Lincolnshire and there was plenty to celebrate at the ceremony. Cllr Stephen Beasant, Mayor of North East Lincolnshire, said: “The Civic Awards really topped off an…
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North East Lincolnshire Council, with their delivery partner, Equans, are reviewing the 2015 Local Flood Risk Management Strategy to bring it up to date and in line with the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Strategy which was published in July 2020. As part of this review, the council want to compile existing…
1 year ago | GeneralIf a picture is worth a thousand words, then Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre’s art collection contains a library of epic maritime tales! Stories from the Sea, a co-curated exhibition with museum volunteers, creative writers and local actors uncovers the hidden stories of those who worked and sailed on the ships working out of the iconic…
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