More than £5 million could soon be spent on drawing up a masterplan for the Western Harbour redevelopment. Bristol City Council is hoping to spend the cash to plan the redevelopment of the area around the Cumberland Basin, building potentially thousands of homes.
Plans to redevelop the Cumberland Basin, towards the western end of Bristol’s floating harbour, stretch back five years. But details remain scarce about exactly what the council wants to do with the area, apart from replacing or repairing the crumbling road bridges.
Council chiefs have now asked the West of England combined authority for £5.6 million to make progress on the Western Harbour project, according to a financial update report going to the cabinet, on Tuesday, February 7. It’s unclear if this funding bid has been accepted yet.
