An agreement has been signed securing over £18m for a new West Norfolk road.
The money will come from Homes England for the new West Winch Housing Access Road the the borough council says this will allow the scheme to move forward.
The council’s Executive Director for Place, Oliver Judges, said: “The importance of this news to the scheme cannot be overstated. The West Winch Housing Access Road is an essential part of the planned housing growth in the area. This agreement with Homes England ensures that a vital piece of its infrastructure can progress.
“The development in West Winch is the biggest housing scheme in West Norfolk – it is a project of regional significance that will eventually see thousands of new homes and opportunities for this borough and beyond.
“Officers from Norfolk County Council and the Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk have done an extremely valuable piece of work, working closely together to get to this point and we would not have achieved this without their focus and determination.”
Local councils hope most of the money for the new road will come from the Government and they have submitted a document to the Department for Transport asking it to fund most of the road’s £84m total cost.
