{"id":31405,"date":"2021-10-12T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31405"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:39:21","slug":"nearly-60m-low-carbon-growth-programme-approved-for-swansea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31405","title":{"rendered":"Nearly \u00a360m low carbon growth programme approved for Swansea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24112\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Swansea_AS2022-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>The UK and Welsh governments have approved the \u00a358.7 million Swansea Bay City Deal\u2019s Supporting Innovation and Low Carbon Growth programme.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 driving the move to a low carbon, modern economy in Wales, fit for the 21st century\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>LocalGov<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Led by Neath Port Talbot Council with Swansea University and University of South Wales as delivery partners, this programme aims to support the creation and safeguarding of 1,320 jobs in the green economy through seven interlinked projects.<\/p>\n<p>These projects include a property development fund, an air quality monitoring project, and low emission vehicle charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Wales Office Minister, David TC Davies, said: \u2018This multi-million- pound deal is vital to create jobs and prosperity across a large part of South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When I visited in July I was hugely impressed with the projects that are driving the move to a low carbon, modern economy in Wales, fit for the 21st century. I\u2019m delighted that the UK Government\u2019s investment will support this growth.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Chair of the Swansea Bay City Deal Joint Committee, Cllr Rob Stewart commented: \u2018I very much welcome the approval of this programme which means we now have more projects and programmes approved, and either in delivery or ready for delivery than any other city or growth deal in Wales&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.localgov.co.uk\/Nearly-60m-low-carbon-growth-programme-approved-for-Swansea-\/52983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK and Welsh governments have approved the \u00a358.7 million Swansea Bay City Deal\u2019s Supporting Innovation and Low Carbon Growth programme. image: for illustration purposes only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31405","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\/31405","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31406,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31405\/revisions\/31406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}