Waterfront News
Tuesday 7 September 2010County urged to do more to promote marina plansA REGENERATION body has called on Cumbria County Council to be more proactive in marketing a new industrial estate.
Barrow Regeneration, the body tasked with delivering the town’s £200m Waterfront project, will close before March next year.
The Waterfront masterplan – which includes a 650-home marina village, a 350-berth yacht marina, a £10m yacht entrance canal and a new business park on Barrow Island – was put on hold because of government funding cuts.
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Friday 27 August 2010Marina work goes onWORK is continuing to clear buildings for Barrow’s Marina Village – despite the spending cuts that have brought the overall programme to a halt.
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Friday 13 August 2010Regeneration talks to save Barrow projectsBARROW’S whole Waterfront future, including the Marina and Marina Village is in doubt.
Plans have been put on hold because of lack of money and lack of clarity about spending cuts from the coalition government.
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Monday 2 August 2010Quango maps out future of Cumbria’s regenerationBarrow Regeneration's board has met to discuss the way forward for its six programmes following recent announcements concerning the North West Development Agency.
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Sunday 25 July 2010Summit meeting to make case for Marina A FURNESS summit meeting is being planned that will make the case for Barrow’s threatened Marina complex, the town’s MP John Woodcock has revealed.
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Friday 16 July 2010Huge wind farm parts shipped from FifeHuge steel foundations each weighing as much as 80 elephants are being shipped from Fife to an offshore wind farm.
Energy company, Vattenfall, is ready to take delivery of the first four of 31 steel foundations for its 150 megawatt Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm.
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Friday 21 May 2010On the WaterfrontTHE largest new business park along Britain’s Energy Coast is gradually taking shape at Barrow.
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Friday 30 April 2010250 affordable homes may appear on Salthouse Mills siteA COUNCIL U-turn could see hundreds of affordable homes built on a derelict site.
In Barrow Borough Council’s 2007 Local Development Framework plan, the council insisted that housing development at Salthouse Mills would not be permitted until 2015, after the completion of the council’s own 650-home waterfront Marina Village.
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Tuesday 27 April 2010A fresh look at business in BarrowA MAJOR new campaign has been launched to boost the image of Furness and attract more firms and entrepreneurs to the area.
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Friday 9 April 2010The Road To Success Could Be Harding Rise! Opened Today To Unlock Barrow Business Park’s PotentialA NEW £5 million access road to serve Waterfront Business Park in Barrow has been officially opened today (Friday, March 19) by town MP, the Rt Hon John Hutton as part of a huge (c.£521,000,000) and ongoing (since 2007) EU funded regional development drive to boost regional competitiveness and employment.
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