The cash could be used to improve areas in the city
Salford has high streets across the city such as Monton road (Image: Kenny Brown / MEN)
Salford’s high streets and public spaces are set for a major boost with the council getting its hands on £1.5m of funding. The city will be getting payments of £750,000 per year over two years from the government, to be used for creating or refurbishing community areas, boosting parks and outdoor facilities, and for shops and town centres.
It has to be committed for use by the end of March 2027 and what the cash will be used for is to be decided through talks with MPs and ‘local stakeholders’ in Salford.
During a cabinet meeting on December 9, the council welcomed the extra cash and agreed to move ahead with discussions over how the money can be put to use.
The council welcomed the extra money from the government (Image: LDRS)
Salford Mayor Paul Dennett said: “We’re delighted to be receiving £1.5m from the Labour government to distribute across priority projects in the city of Salford, this is really good news. I’ve always said to colleagues that we should be looking outside of the things we can immediately influence within the city council, be that our revenue budget or our capital budget, to try and think more intelligently about how we use some of that to lever in investment into the city of Salford.
“But this is a new one for me, this is central government just deciding we’re getting £1.5m so all in all great news for Salford.”
Areas of Salford are also set to benefit from the separate Pride in Place funding with £20m earmarked for Pendleton and Peel Green. Residents in Peel Green said the cash should be spent on creating new community facilities. Chris Kenyon, 53, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service in September: “We need more for the kids and for the community, there’s a park around the corner but otherwise there’s not much for kids to do around here.”