Plans for a more vibrant town centre in Bolton were given a second crushing blow in 24 hours after the council missed out on bids for £40m of levelling up cash. Plans for a £20m investment in three new development projects in Bolton town centre were dashed, after the Government’s Levelling Up Fund failed to approve them.
That scheme was created by Boilton Council and supported by Bolton North MP Mark Logan. A second bid for another £20M to improve the road network around the Middlebrook complex and M61, nominated by Bolton’s other Tory MP Chris Green, also met with failure.
Bolton Council’s Conservative leader Martyn Cox expressed his ‘deep disappointment’ over the decision and said he would make known his disquiet ‘at every level of government’. The announcement came just a day after Marks and Spencer announced they would be closing the Deansgate branch of the store, which has served Boltonians for generations.
