Woolston gets set to be transformed

17 August 2010

Work has started on the £500 million Centenary Quay riverside development at Woolston.

To mark the occasion the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP - Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the new leader of the council, Councillor Royston Smith visited the former Vosper Thorneycroft shipyard site for a ‘foundation laying’ ceremony.

In stage one 1,620 new homes will be built - 25 per cent of these will be affordable allowing more chances for people to have a home.

Eventually there will be a new marine area to generate employment, a foodstore, a range of mixed use office and shop spaces, a hotel, restaurants and cafes. The development is expected to create up to 1,000 permanent new jobs.

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