Thousands of homes
will be built in growing communities as a result of a £142 million investment
in infrastructure, the Housing Minister Kit Malthouse MP has confirmed.
The money will be
spent on widening bridges, building roads and connecting utilities so up to
8,500 properties can be built.
The spending, under
the Housing
Infrastructure Fund, is all part of the government’s drive to deliver
300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
Housing Minister Kit
Malthouse MP said: "For decades, governments of all stripes and types have
not built enough new homes but we are turning that around, brick by brick.
"We are driving
to create homes, opportunities and thriving communities – and this £142 million
investment will mean we can build more of the properties our country so badly
needs.
"We need to
keep upping our game and build more, better, faster, if we are to meet our
ambition to deliver 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s."
The funding comes
from the government’s £5.5 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund so that land can
be made ready for development.
Money is allocated
to authorities after a competitive funding allocation process.
