venture with Bruntwood, signed a development agreement, secured funding from the Northwest Development Agency and, at no extra cost to the public purse, this walkway will be going in next year into the public realm. Now we are just in the process of finalising the plan. Despite this innovative approach, on reflection we considered whether the NWDA could just give the grant to Bruntwood. However we went back to the vision and decided this is not what the URC is all about; but it is about creating a more comprehensive approach and innovative ways to do things.
The key to success is good working relationships with partners, something you have to keep working on. The top picture is of a consultation event on the Chapel Street project where many people came along to develop the plans of what people wanted to see.
The bottom picture shows Felicity Goodey in the centre, myself on the right and the gentleman on the left is the BBC Director North Peter Salmon, at what is now an annual event, Investing in Regeneration, in September. This is where we talk to the business community, consultants, banks, public and private sector about what we are up to and where we are at and what next. It is essential to tell people about the fantastic ideas and projects being worked on and make sure that they understand why schemes do not always happen within months but can take years. As you can see we have made significant progress in making Central Salford beautiful, vibrant and prosperous but there is still a lot to do.
Karen Hirst,
Development Director, Central Salford Urban Regeneration Company
We still have some aspiration and visionary ideas for Irwell River Park. These include Cathedral Walk, not just as an important bridge link as this stretch of walkway is not DDA compliant, but also as an iconic feature that has already been included in a number of presentations. As yet we do not know how we will pay for it, but it will provide a great view of Manchester Cathedral. At the last strategic steering group meeting it was agreed that we would have to wait for the private sector to come forward with the schemes. There are two developers Dandara and West and with consented schemes, when the market picks up, as it will, then we can look again at this again, it is still in our vision, but not over the next 2 to 3 years.
Conclusions This slide captures the theme of this paper.
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ASSET - Liverpool-10
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