Borderlands Initiative – Regional Collaboration Jane Meek Director, Carlisle City Council Borderlands Initiative
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Borderlands Initiative – Regional Collaboration Jane Meek Director, Carlisle City Council Borderlands Initiative • Background • Work to Date • Next Steps Borderlands Initiative Area • A population of over 1 million people • 10% of the UK land mass • The centre of the UK — Linking England, Scotland and Northern Ireland — Within 2 hours drive of 14 million people Opportunities • Range of Businesses • International Companies • Access to Markets • Natural Assets • Economic Corridors Borderlands Connectivity Area Economic Corridors To Glasgow and To Glasgow and To Edinburgh and To Edinburgh and Glasgow Airport Glasgow Airport Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Airport EASTERN s CENTRAL Glasgow South Western BORDERLANDS BORDERLANDS Rail Line CORRIDOR CORRIDOR Border Tweed Railway Prestwick Reston Valley Airport WESTERN To BORDERLANDS Forest A7 Northern Park Ireland , CORRIDOR Galashiels A1 Eyemouth A68 A76 and Glasgow South Western Eyemouth Harbour Republic Rail Line Moffat of Ireland Selkirk ECML Beattock Berwick upon A7 Jedburgh Tweed Port of Berwick Loch Ryan Port Galloway Forest A74 Hawick A77 Northumberl- Park Thornhill Port of Cairnryan Lockerbie and Coast Alnwick AONB Langholm Stranraer Harbour Glenluce Keilder Water and A696 Stranraer A75 Newton Castle Dumfries A75 Forest Park Stewart Douglas Annan Gretna WCML Morpeth Northum- ECML Ashington Blyth A7 Estuary Renewable berland National Energy Zone A1 SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN Longtown Park IRELAND CORRIDOR M6 Blyth Port of Blyth SOUTHERN BORDERLANDS Cumbrian Coast Rail line Carlisle CORRIDOR Newcastle Cramlington Airport Airport Port of Workington Workington A595 Carlisle A689 Line A69 Hexham Tyne Rail Rail Tyne Blyth and and Blyth ECML Ashington, Ashington, A66 Whitehaven Whitehaven Harbour Tyne Valley WCML Rail line To Britain’s Penrith Newcastle Port of Tyne Energy Coast - Cumbria Lake District National Park line M6 Cumbrian WCML Coast RailCoast Durham- Tees Valley Airport A66 Kendal A595 Tees Port North Pennines AONB Barrow in Port of Barrow Furness A590 Settle to Carlisle Rail line To Manchester, To Leeds, London London and the South and the South Borderlands – An Area of Challenges • Low economic production — 68% of UK average GVA per head • Low wages — Weekly Pay 90% of UK average • Ageing Population — Number of 16-64 year olds 2.5% behind UK average • Rurality — 0.47 persons per hectare (UK average 2.6 persons) Borderlands Summit – April 2014 • Benefits of working together • Protocol/Ambition • Key areas: – Economic Corridors – Economic Sectors – Forestry, Tourism, Energy – Digital Connectivity – Education, Skills and Innovation Work to Date • Evidence gathering • Greater Understanding • Scope • Objective/Mechanism – Action Plan – Collaboration – Asks of Government – Borderlands “Deal” Projects • Infrastructure Projects – Rail – Road – Sea – Business • Tourism/Rural • Knowledge, Innovation and Skills Economic Corridor – Investment Potential • Examples of Potential Economic Benefits: — A1 dualling — £376.8 million uplift in GVA — 42% uplift in jobs in Berwick, Alnwick and Morpeth • Edinburgh to Berwick rail services — £19.2 million benefit per year — Increased social inclusion • Carlisle Airport — Contribute £10.7 million to GVA a year — Safeguard 60 FTE’s and create 156 FTE’s — 68,475 passengers by year 5 Next Steps • Prioritised Projects • Economic Assessment Conclusion .