A scheme to redevelop Partington Sports Village has been granted £18m from the government’s Levelling Up Fund. The sports village, run by Trafford Leisure, already has an artificial outdoor football pitch chosen as an Olympic 2012 training venue for football and is currently the training ground for Salford City Football Club.
The cash will be spent developing facilities for the local community. It is one of more than 100 projects across the UK to receive a share of £2.1bn to create jobs and boost economic growth.
Some £672m has been earmarked to develop better transport links, a further £821m will kick-start regeneration and £594m to restore local heritage sites. Other successful bids include the Eden Project North in Morecambe (£50m), a new ‘multiversity’ in Blackpool (£40m).
