{"id":1744,"date":"2010-09-07T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T10:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2010-09-07T10:05:37","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T10:05:37","slug":"bridgend-heritage-regeneration-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1744","title":{"rendered":"Bridgend: Heritage &#038; regeneration boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;\"><strong><\/strong>A \u00a39m regeneration programme &#8211; including HLF project funding &#8211; to  transform Bridgend town centre has been given the go-ahead following a  European Union funding boost announced by the Welsh Assembly Government.<\/p>\n<p>More than \u00a37.7m from the Convergence European Regional Development Fund  and the Targeted Match Fund has been approved. Funding from Bridgend  County Borough Council, who will deliver the scheme, and the Heritage  Lottery Fund, is also involved.<\/p>\n<p>Through the scheme, Court Road &#8211; traditionally the gateway into the town  centre for visitors arriving by train &#8211; Nolton Street South, Merthyr  Mawr Road North, Cheapside, Derwen Road and Cross Street will all  benefit from improvements such as new street furniture, commercial  property upgrades and heritage works. The new funding will enable  further works to be carried out in Elder Street, where a regeneration  project has already begun, including better links with the existing  pedestrian area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;\">Search Planning Portal: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/england\/professionals\/news\/archive\/2010\/august2010\/2010_08_week_4\/260810_6\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a39m regeneration programme &#8211; including HLF project funding &#8211; to transform Bridgend town centre has been given the go-ahead following a European Union funding boost announced by the Welsh Assembly Government. More than \u00a37.7m from the Convergence European Regional &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1744\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1745,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions\/1745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}