Nottingham has missed out on millions of pounds in government funding that would have gone towards projects including the ongoing redevelopment of the Broad Marsh. Nottingham City Council bid for £57m in the second round of the Government's levelling up fund last summer, with Nottingham's Island Quarter and Bulwell town centre being the other two areas that would have benefitted from the money.
The Government has now announced 11 projects in the East Midlands have been allocated a combined total of £176 million from the levelling up fund, but none of them are in Nottingham. Instead, successful Nottinghamshire bids include £18 million for Worksop, part of which will be used to create a new leisure facility featuring ten pin bowling and a soft play area.
The other areas of Nottinghamshire to receive some of the funding are Kimberley, Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield. But as work continues on transforming the derelict Broad Marsh shopping centre, some in Nottingham have expressed anger the city has not received any money at all from the latest round.
