Hastings has received a boost with the approval of a £500,000 grant from the Coastal Communities Fund (CCF) to contribute towards improvements to the seafront and visitor attractions and amenities in Hastings, including more bikes for hire, improved signage, information walks and trails and landscaping. The CCF estimates it will contribute towards the creation of about 260 jobs (website).
Councillor Jeremy Birch said that this "is excellent news and really fits with the seafront strategy which we recently agreed. The restoration of the Pier is well underway, White Rock Baths will re-open this year as a BMX centre and we are putting money into refurbishing Bottle Alley and now we have succeeded in attracting an additional £500,000 to improve the seafront further."
The creation of that many jobs looks to be a wee bit optimistic of the Coastal Communities Fund, but good to be receiving more finance at a time when central government funding of Hastings is being cut... a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing maybe?
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