Mayor to announce multi-million pound regeneration (From Your Local Guardian)
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Boris Johnson is set to announce a £23m investment into Croydon
10:34am Tuesday 22nd November 2011 in Croydon By Nick Hitchens
Mayor of London Boris Johnson at the Develop Croydon Conference
Mayor of London Boris Johnson will plough £23 million into Croydon to push regeneration and return the town to its former glory.
The Mayor is set to announce the huge investment at the Develop Croydon Conference held in the Fairfield Halls on Tuesday November 22 in front of investors from around the world.
He will unveil detailed plans to improve the town centre’s appearance and infrastructure: These will include £5m on improving the interchange by West Croydon station and the junction on Dingwall Road and Lansdowne Road by East Croydon station.
£7m will be spent repairing Croydon town centre shopping precinct, £6m will pay for upgrading walk ways and pedestrian crossings at Wellesley Road, Bedford Park Road, Lansdowne Road, George Street and the Fairfields Halls and £5m will be spent on attracting businesses to the area over the next three years.
He will tell those at the conference: “Croydon is ripe for investment and the devastation of the August riots is a reminder of the urgency of investing serious sums into this potential economic powerhouse.
“South London is critical for capital’s long-term economic success and prosperity.
“Its people deserve to live in attractive surroundings and the rest of London needs the jobs, opportunities and economic growth that Croydon has so often created throughout its long history.”
The money is on top of funds available through the Outer London Fund and £70m Croydon Council and partners are investing in developing the town, Croydon Council leader Mike Fisher said: “Croydon is committed to investing in major regeneration. The funding from the Mayor of London will help us to realise many of our ambitions.
“There have been plans in the past that never got off the ground. Now we are seeing things really happen in Croydon. Coming so soon after the Westfield announcement this shows there is a real buzz about Croydon right now.”
Comments(6)
ANNE GILES
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9:03pm Tue 22 Nov 11
ANNE GILES
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9:03pm Tue 22 Nov 11
Phantomwhistler
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9:51pm Tue 22 Nov 11
How will we know when Croydon has got back to its former glory without a reference point?
I would be interested to hear opinions.
NastyMrTom
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9:53am Wed 23 Nov 11
Phantomwhistler wrote:Why not look forwards instead of back
To what decade do we have to hark back to to see Croydon at its most glorious? How will we know when Croydon has got back to its former glory without a reference point? I would be interested to hear opinions.
and use our own standards to judge the progress
SensibleSid
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8:47pm Wed 23 Nov 11
40 years of neglect and mis-management by the council are brushed under the carpet, but 23 million pounds get provided because some yobs robbed stores for a day or so.
Croydon will never "return to (a long forgotten) former glory" because of a lick of paint, some crazy paving and some blue LED lights on the skyline.
We need a strong police force, backed by an efficient court and prison system to bring the riff raff under control. It's the people that have spoilt Croydon. The people need improving before they are given more public facilities to destroy.
Patrick Ratnaraja says...
12:14pm Tue 22 Nov 11