Three failed ‘Levelling Up’ bids which could have brought £85 million into Shropshire lacked important details and did not evidence why the funds were needed, it can be revealed.
Feedback letters to Shropshire Council from Government ministers also highlighted financial discrepancies and varying levels of detail between different elements of the submissions.
In its Levelling Up rejection letter to the council, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the plans for Shropshire Connect “could have been clearer and more coherent”, adding that “further evidence could have been provided”.
It also noted that no contingency budget appeared to have been factored in for Rural Connect despite claims that it had been. The letter said this was “unclear”.This would have seen a new roundabout constructed on the A49, a new road and a road bridge over the railway line, to help bring forward the development of allocated employment and housing sites.
The letter said: “This was a detailed bid that proposed an interesting set of projects. The evidence presented to demonstrate the scale of issues was reliable and set out the key problems facing the place very clearly.” “There was some discrepancy between the contingency mentioned in the application and how this was shown in the costings workbook. This could be more explicit and made clearer.”
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