A total of £78 million have been invested in North Tyneside over the last 12 months to deliver better leisure, learning and community facilities for residents. The spending by North Tyneside Council is the latest phase in the borough’s £1 billion ten-year capital spending plans, a report to a meeting of the council’s Cabinet today (Monday, June 16) has confirmed And over the last 12 months it has resulted in the opening of a string of new facilities - The Lakeside centre, Killingworth; Beacon Hill School; new community facilities at Westmoor and the Lockey Park changing facilities at Wideopen. And thousands of council homes have been brought up to Decent Homes Standard with the £26.6m improvement programme delivering new doors and windows for 1,550 homes, new kitchens and bathrooms for 1,760 homes, 280 new roofs, 1,660 electrical upgrades and 760 new heating systems.

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16 June 2008
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