While other parts of Lancashire were quick to respond to the government’s offer of levelling up cash the deadline passed without a Preston bid.
A total of £4.8bn was made available across the UK, to be spent by March 2024. The focus was on projects that require less than £20m of funding, with up to £50m available for larger transport projects.
Burnley put its bid together in June, the council working with local MP Antony Higginbotham to build on other schemes linked to its town centre and canal masterplan.
Down the M55, the conversion of the old post office on Abingdon Street into a boutique hotel and an upgrade of the town centre road network are among schemes Blackpool put forward.
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