Henry Smith MP has hailed the announcement of additional funding to support businesses and infrastructure in Crawley and beyond.
Coast to Capital, the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) covering Crawley, has been allocated an additional £35.8 million, bringing its total Growth Deal funding to £238.2 million.
Henry said;
“I was delighted to welcome the Communities Minister, Penny Mordaunt MP, to Crawley to announce this new funding. It is important that decisions on how this money is spent are taken locally.”
The £35.8 million announced today includes £10 million in funding to improve Gatwick Airport railway station.
Henry continued;
“I am pleased to see that £10 million will be spent in Crawley on improving Gatwick Airport railway station.
“Additionally, I put forward to the Minister my, and fellow Crawley commuters’, concerns regarding recent train disruption – I am in regular contact with the train operators and Network Rail.”
Penny Mordaunt MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, commented;
“Henry Smith is a constant campaigner for investment and improved transport services in Crawley and at Gatwick Airport.”
Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, said;
“For Britain to fulfil its potential every part of the country must be an engine of growth.
“Our successful programme of City Deals and Growth Deals have put local people in the driving seat as the local economy powers ahead. This billion-pound expansion of Growth Deals fuels the momentum that is now underway in our local economies.”
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