#Latest news with #GuernseyDevelopmentAgencyApprovingBBC News22-04-2025BusinessBBC NewsStates of Guernsey stop potential £35m Bridge investmentPublic investment into the regeneration of St Sampson, known locally in Guernsey as The Bridge, has been stopped, the States of Guernsey has announced. It comes after the States Assembly had agreed in principle to invest up to £35m in the project which aimed to improve coastal and flood Lyndon Trott OBE said: "This project has now been progressed as far as the States can invest."He added the States would now continue to focus on improving the delivery of "needed housing development" and would continue to invest resources in "other projects and initiatives as part of the wider Bridge regeneration". Mr Trott said the other projects and initiatives included: Enabling flood defences at The BridgeA delivery framework to co-ordinate delivery of housing sites and infrastructureSupporting the Guernsey Development AgencyApproving the Local Planning Brief for St Sampson Harbour Action AreaHe said: "We expect to be able to share positive updates on the progress of these initiatives for the community in due course."
BBC News22-04-2025BusinessBBC NewsStates of Guernsey stop potential £35m Bridge investmentPublic investment into the regeneration of St Sampson, known locally in Guernsey as The Bridge, has been stopped, the States of Guernsey has announced. It comes after the States Assembly had agreed in principle to invest up to £35m in the project which aimed to improve coastal and flood Lyndon Trott OBE said: "This project has now been progressed as far as the States can invest."He added the States would now continue to focus on improving the delivery of "needed housing development" and would continue to invest resources in "other projects and initiatives as part of the wider Bridge regeneration". Mr Trott said the other projects and initiatives included: Enabling flood defences at The BridgeA delivery framework to co-ordinate delivery of housing sites and infrastructureSupporting the Guernsey Development AgencyApproving the Local Planning Brief for St Sampson Harbour Action AreaHe said: "We expect to be able to share positive updates on the progress of these initiatives for the community in due course."