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Redcar regeneration gets thumbs up

A £30m project to transform Redcar’s seafront has been hailed as providing a massive boost for the town.

Leading Redcar and Cleveland councillor Sheelagh Clark says the seafront project will be the catalyst to help regenerate the town.

An 80ft high “vertical pier” will be a focal point for the project. It will provide a range of amenities including performance space, cafe, seaside shop, and exhibition space.

The plans include images being projected from the tower on to the sands below.

The project by Redcar and Cleveland Council and the Environment Agency with backing from One North East could start next summer.

Phil Welton, area coastal engineer with the Environment Agency, said: “Redcar is at risk of flooding and the sea wall is starting to break up in places.”

He said the work would take about two years to complete.

Councillor Clarke, the council’s deputy leader and Cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism, said: “As soon as I saw this proposal I thought it was just that was needed for Redcar. We did not want more of the same. We needed something different which will bring people to Redcar.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .