Ten
coastal towns have been given £8.5m in government cash to help create nearly
1,400 jobs and repair storm-damaged areas.
Schemes
set to benefit include the Jubilee Pool in Penzance, Old Portsmouth's historic
arches, and the South West Coastal Path.
The
cash will be used to create tourist attractions, regenerate historic sites and
provide new flood defences.
The
awards come from the Big Lottery's Coastal Community Fund.
Funding
award list
- · Jubilee Pool, Penzance, Cornwall - £1.95m
- · Historic arches, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire - £1.755m
- · South West Coastal Path, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset - £999,000
- · Historic Fruit Market, Kingston upon Hull - £800,000
- · Waldringfield Flood Defence, Suffolk - £633,000
- · Maltings Building, Wells-next-the-Sea, near Cromer, Norfolk - £610,000
- · Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Spurn Point - £498,000
- · RSPB Nature Reserve, Bempton Cliffs, Humberside - £452,000
- · Youth Hostels in Brighton, East Sussex, and Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire - £401,000
- · Park View 4 U, near Lytham St Annes, Lancashire - £395,000
- · Coastal Communities minister Penny Mordaunt said the money was set to make a "big difference" to towns affected by the winter storms.
