synaptic project – regeneration and transport investment in east manchester

AuthorDepartment Name

Synaptic Project – Regeneration and Transport Investment in East Manchester

Richard ElliottChief Executives

East Manchester: the Location

East Manchester: the History

1951 – 2001

• Manchester population reduces by 350,000

• East Manchester population reduces by 100,000

• East Manchester jobs reduce by 60,000

Objectives

• •Restructure the economic base •Increase local employment

•Improve retail provision

•Improve education

•Restructure the housing market

•Improve Transport Connectivity

•Increase the population

Central ParkPoor business environment

4,700 new homes built to date and 3,000 in pipeline

1.8 million sq ft of new business floor space

Three High Schools rebuilt and refurbished

1 New Academy built and opened

2 New Primary schools

£36.5m Gateway Interchange

Two new Metrolink lines confirmed

Achievements

GCSE results above Manchester average

3,500 new jobs created

Significant improvement to public perception

Major reduction in petty crime

Two new district centres completed and another underway

Two new state-of-the-art health centres

Achievements

Restructuring the Housing Market

HISTORICAL DRIVERS OF CHANGE AND THEIR LEGACY

• Collapse of traditional industries 1960’s onwards• Population flight • Partial slum clearance and poor quality replacement

housing and limited choice for home owners • Over – concentration of social rented sector and private

rented sector• Low level of home ownership• Problems of low demand - abandonment, very low property

values• Severe concentrations of deprivation (200,000 + residents

in electoral wards within worst 10% nationally)

TRANSFORMATIONAL AGENDA

• Remove most blighted pre 1919 stock and make land available for redevelopment (HMR – £93m 2003 - 2008)

• Stock transfer or social rented sector and estate restructuring (PFI, LVST, Decency Programmes - £250m and counting!

• Alignment of investment – transport, schools, leisure, retail – “Neighbourhoods of Choice”

Toxteth Street Openshaw 2003

Toxteth Street - Openshaw 2011

Beswick 2001

Beswick 2011

Beswick Neighbourhood

Lovell and Gleeson joint developers

1,100 new homes New primary school New 11- 16 academy Local shopping provision Community facilities and enhanced open

space Improved road network and enhanced

community safe-route

Total Public Sector Input: £65 million

Lovell homes

Gleeson homes

Ashbury Meadow Primary school

Neighbourhood planning in East Manchester

Strategic Regeneration Framework

Detailed Neighbourhood Plans

Community Engagement at a neighbourhood level

Community participation Comprehensive and

Inclusive

Metrolink Development

Source: TfGM

Metrolink Development

Source: Projectmapping.co.uk

Infrastructure The £1.5bn GM Transport Fund has funded Metrolink to Chorlton with further extensions to East Manchester,

Wythenshawe and the Airport underway

Regeneration Impact

Eastlands & Manchester City Football Club

Two new Metrolink lines opened in 2012/13

Next Generation Broadband Access

BUT Recession Public Sector Funding Reductions Development Platform but fragile

market

The journey continues…..

National Indoor BMX Centre

Eastlands

Metrolink work starts

Looking Forwards