susan williams, atlantic gateway
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Atlantic Gateway area
Transformational change
Transformational change –
the DNA of Atlantic Gateway
• ‘If anywhere in the UK can develop the critical mass and
momentum to become an alternative growth pole to
London, it is Atlantic Gateway’ Lord Heseltine and Sir
Terry Leahy
• By 2030, there is the potential for some 250,000 new jobs
to be created in the Atlantic Gateway area
• Around 140,000 of these jobs will be associated with
Atlantic Gateway priority projects, involving £14 billion of
new investment.
REBALANCING
BRITAIN
Atlantic Gateway Board
• Partnership with a mix of public and private sector Board
members (Private sector led)
• Working closely with the three Local Enterprise
Partnerships
• Influence decision takers and policy makers in
Government
• Encourage and support collaborative working around
themes of: Growth, Connectivity, Infrastructure,
Sustainability, Skills and talent
Atlantic Gateway vision –
making great places
• Connecting the North
West to the rest of the
world
• Developing an integrated
strategy within Local
Enterprise Partnership
priorities
Atlantic Gateway priorities • Focusing on unique areas where value can be added
• Working collaboratively for the delivery of significant
infrastructure projects
• Promoting the good flow of skills across growth sectors
• Working with local Enterprise Partnerships and other
administrative boundaries to identify cross boundary
issues such as the Northern Hub, skills, environmental
sustainability and science
Recent successes
• 3MG bridge soon to start construction- voted one of the top
100 infrastructure projects in the world
• Funding of the Northern Hub in full – will lead to 30,000 jobs
and a boost of £4.2bn to the North West
• £35m from the Regional Growth Fund for Liverpool2 now
underway – will generate 5,000 jobs
• Port Salford has begun with the construction of the Western
Gateway Infrastructure Scheme (WGIS)
• Completion of phase 1 of Media City- the 1st BREEAM
sustainable community in the world
