Work to start on huge £24.3m town development in new year

The latest milestone in the creation of a new cultural quarter in Lowestoft as part of a huge £24.3m development has been reached with the appointment of a construction company.

L-R: Alister Broadberry, Cllr Tess Gandy, Brendan Kelly, Emma Bellward (ESC), Darren Newman (ESC), Paul Wood (ESC), Mark Camidge, Paul Banks, Cllr Tim Wilson, Cllr Keith Patience, Richard Smithson, Cllr Janet Craig and Michelle Burdett (ESC). (Image: East Suffolk Council) They will deliver the works that will drive footfall and reinvigorate the urban area - previously dubbed a 'zombie town', with more than a quarter of stores boarded up.

The Battery Green car park in Lowestoft - back in November 2022. Picture: Mick Howes (Image: Mick Howes) It will see the Battery Green multi-storey car park and surrounding land on Marina Road in Lowestoft transformed, with three landmark buildings due........

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