A multi-million pound revamp of The Strand in Bootle could take a big step forward following a surprise announcement from the Government.
Earlier this year Sefton Council’s Levelling Up Fund bid focusing on the regeneration of the Strand, Bootle high street and parts of Crosby was knocked back. The council also had no luck when bidding for essential investment in the first round of the fund - announced in October 2021.
The Levelling Up Fund is a £5bn pot set up to invest in previously overlooked areas of the UK in need of support with infrastructural and development projects, with the cash reserve a key part of the government’s Levelling Up agenda which helped deliver the Conservative’s landslide victory in 2019. Local authorities are able to bid for investment with government officials deciding where the money will be allocated.
