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 Harbour Whitehaven 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 Rail Coast 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