A short, sharp programme of interventions and assistance to help the communities of Adur and Worthing bounce back from the impact of lockdown has been launched.
Help for businesses, acceleration of building projects, aid for reskilling people who lose their jobs, helping local food production, expanding the ultrafast internet network, investing in renewable energy and developing walking and cycling plans are just some of the projects under consideration.
Adur & Worthing Councils' last night (Tuesday 7th July 2020) backed the plan called 'And Then: Bouncing Back in Post-Pandemic Adur and Worthing'. It brings forward some projects already on the Councils' slate but also commits to quickly investigating other measures that might have communities recover.
The leader of Worthing Borough Council, Cllr Daniel Humphreys, said:
“This is not going to be easy because events are rapidly changing but it would be even easier to sit back and wait for something to happen. We need to lead on our recovery, taking the lessons learned during lockdown and working with partners to create new opportunities.
“We have a programme of works that we are already involved in and, given that we've proved we can act quickly during the pandemic, we are now going to inject real momentum into our activities, using new investment models and actions that the recovery process will present to us.”
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