Residents respond to My Town Nuneaton consultation

A consultation to help aid Nuneaton bid for a share of millions of pounds worth of Government funding has seen more than 250 ideas put forward.

The town is one of 100 across the country that has been selected to bid for funding from the Government’s Towns Fund initiative.

There is up to £25 million available for each town to help with projects that will deliver transformation to towns across England.

In order to compete for the funding, a bid needs to be created which will include a list of projects and residents were asked to share their views in the first wave of consultation.

More than 250 ideas have been submitted to the campaign and they're now being assessed before being shortlisted.

Ideas included suggested improvements to the road system around Nuneaton, improvements to the park and increasing other leisure activities, improved cycling and pedestrian routes, increasing opportunities for training and apprenticeships and improvements to the digital network.

Sean Farnell, Chair of the Nuneaton Town Deal Board, is happy with how many people got involved with the first part of the consultation. He said: " “Firstly, the board would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that got involved with the first stage of the consultation,” 

“There have been some very interesting and thought-provoking responses and we are looking forward to discussing them in more detail and finding out all about the projects.

“Once we have formed a shortlist of the projects, we will reveal them and put them out to consultation again for members of the public to share their views on them.

“This is a chance to shape the future of Nuneaton, so please keep supporting this and help us create the best bid possible to submit to the Government.”