Case study

£17 million investment for inner city Birmingham

Birmingham is benefitting from over £17 million from the Levelling Up Fund to regenerate the former Wheels site.

Located at Bordesley Park, the investment will allow future opportunity to:

  • connect local people to opportunities
  • create up to 3,000 jobs in the area

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp redevelopment of the site will:

  • provide crucial regeneration for the area
  • help level up East Birmingham and North Solihull
  • support plans for the city

Opinions on plan benefits

Councillor Ian Ward, Leader of the City Council said:

East Birmingham is a growing and dynamic place.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp creation of a high quality and sustainable employment site at Bordesley Park, with opportunities for the local community at its heart, is a fundamental part of this vision.

MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, the Rt Hon. Liam Byrne MP also praised the project:

Bordesley Park will be transformed with new jobs and new homes.

[»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp project is] located cheek by jowl with the city centre and the new HS2 Curzon Rail Station. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp project is a game changer for our Green Inclusive Growth Strategy for East Birmingham creating thousands of new jobs in the heart of Britain’s worst unemployment hotspot.

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Images credit: Birmingham City Council

Updates to this page

Published 17 January 2023