After over a decade of delays, a rundown shopping street in South Bristol has been awarded over £14.5m for regeneration as part of the government's second round of awards from its Levelling Up fund. In total, the government is awarding £2.1 billion to 111 community projects across the UK, with £672 million allocated to develop better transport links, £821 million for community regeneration, and £594 million to restore local heritage sites.
Filwood Broadway, Knowle West’s main shopping centre, has been earmarked for a vast regeneration project since at least 2012. In response to news that the bid had been successful, Bristol mayor Marvin Rees said in a tweet that the project "will deliver more new homes and community and business space in the heart of Knowle West as we continue investing in the future of Bristol's high streets".
The government's Levelling Up map shows that the project, listed as being part of the transport fund, has been allocated a total of £14,536,470 to "transform the neglected Filwood Broadway into a social, economic, cultural heart for South Bristol, serving communities in the most deprived 1.5% in England".
