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LOCAL GROWTH DEAL
Investment through the Growth Deal
for sites and infrastructure includes:
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Delivery of the North-South Rail and Coventry Station
scheme to improve passenger capacity and secure an
increase in train service frequency between Coventry-
Bedworth-Nuneaton
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Delivery of the Coventry city centre road access project
that will enable housing growth, support retail regeneration
and city centre employment accessibility
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A new rail station in Kenilworth, including platform, an
accessible footbridge with lifts, a staffed ticket office,
waiting room, toilets, a 90-space car park and a stand for
two buses. The rail station is scheduled to open in 2017
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Access to Warwick - delivery of the A46/A425/A4177
Stanks Road network scheme. This will enhance access to
Warwick town centre and facilitate future employment
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Delivery of the A5 Corridor scheme. This will enable the
dualling of the A5/A47 Longshoot to Dodwells which will:
reduce congestion, improve journey time reliability,
and support current and future economic activity in
Warwickshire, Leicestershire, and the wider A5 Corridor
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Access to UK Central - improve links to UK Central,
Birmingham Airport & High Speed 2 (HS2). This scheme will
improve key junctions along the A45, connecting the major
employment sites of Warwick University, Whitley, and
Ansty to major national and international gateways
To date, the Government has awarded the CWLEP £88.6m
through the Growth Deal to enable the delivery of key
projects that have been identified to stimulate growth, develop
partnerships with industry, and create opportunities and jobs.
The substantial investment from the Government has also
unlocked millions of further investment from local partners
from the private sector.
The CWLEP brings together Warwickshire County Council; the
Districts and Boroughs of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and
Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick; Coventry
City Council; Coventry University; the University of Warwick
and the private sector which always has the majority.
The Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP), working in close partnership
with key stakeholders, is tasked with driving the economic growth of Coventry &Warwickshire.
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