standard– London’s Old Kent Road is among 70 high streets across England that will receive a share of £830 million of Government funds to help boost their recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 15 high streets have been awarded £255 million while a further 57 areas will be given provisional funding worth a total of £576 million.
Old Kent Road in Southwark, an area that was expected to see major development in 2020, will receive £9,605,854.
Tottenham (£10,019,648), Woolwich (£17,150,964), Wealdstone (£7,448,583) and Putney (£1,058,706) will also receive provisional funding.
Communities secretary Robert Jenrick said the money from the Future High Streets Fund would “help our much-loved town centres get through this and prosper into the future”.
