The Eden Project North has been given the go ahead with £50 million direct funding from the Government. Following the announcement of a successful bid to the levelling Up Round 2
The Eden Project BID was signed off as David Morris MP’s priority bid for the area.
After over 10 years of constantly lobbying the government, fighting hard for Morecambe to get this funding finally making Eden a reality David Morris MP said :
‘After 5 Prime Ministers and 7 Chancellors and 4 Parliaments since first raising this in 2012, the hard work and constant banging the drum of this fantastic project has finally paid off.
This will be a game changer for Morecambe and today’s announcement has literally changed Morecambe forever. The link road was the catalyst, I knew that prosperity would come with access from the M6 and now Eden is the attraction that will be the destination at the end of that link road. Eden will bring economic benefits for not just for Morecambe, but for the whole North West region.
Morecambe has been increasing in prosperity according to official statistics since 2011 with record levels of government investment and now this will be the accelerator in making the Morecambe area a world class educational and tourism attraction my town deserves, levelling up the fortunes of our whole community
Thursday 19th January is now a red letter day in Morecambe’s history and I couldn’t be more delighted the hard work has paid off and Eden Project Morecambe is now a reality. And everyone in Morecambe will be celebrating tonight and can be immensely proud of what we have achieved for our community.
