The 'rebirth' of a Greater Manchester town
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe mayor of Greater Manchester stood outside Ashton Old Baths alongside Tameside’s council bosses to mark the start of a rebirth for the town.
Andy Burnham joined council leader Coun Ged Cooney at the heritage asset to spark the start of the Ashton Mayoral Development Zone (AMDZ) - the strategy to ‘breathe new life’ into the area.
A key part of this will be the £19.8m of government cash from the levelling up fund used for the regeneration of Ashton town centre - which include works to the town hall and the public realm area around the market square. READ MORE: Improvement plan for failing children's services aims to be 'brilliant at the basics' again Although progress on the grander scale will take years to see transformative change, the GM mayor believes short-term change will come in the next few weeks through the next phase of the Bee Network.
Speaking at the launch on March 7, Mr Burnham said: “The most immediate change is from the Bee Network. That is going to change in a fortnight as Ashton is going to get a number of Bee Network services serving the interchange. “You (Tameside) will have one of the best public transport systems in the country outside London. “I’m also working with Coun Ged Cooney and his colleagues at the council on brownfield funding.
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