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Borderlands Initiative –
Regional Collaboration
Jane Meek
Director, Carlisle City Council
Borderlands Initiative
• Background
• Work to Date
• Next Steps
Borderlands Initiative Area
• A population of over 1 million people
• 10% of the UK land mass
• The centre of the UK — Linking England, Scotland
and Northern Ireland
— Within 2 hours drive of 14 million people
Opportunities
• Range of Businesses
• International Companies
• Access to Markets
• Natural Assets
• Economic Corridors
Borderlands Connectivity Area
Economic Corridors
Tyne Valley Rail line
Hexham
Settle to
Carlisle
Rail line
To Newcastle
To Manchester,
London and the South
Lockerbie
Barrow in
Furness
Berwick upon Tweed
Alnwick
Morpeth
A69
A66
A1
A1
A68
A595
A595
A74
M6
M6
A7
Galashiels
A7
ECM
L
WCM
L
WCM
L
WCM
L
Bo
rders
Rail
way
Glasgow South Western Rail Line
To Glasgow and
Glasgow Airport
To Glasgow and
Glasgow Airport
To Leeds, London
and the South
Northum-berland National Park
Newton Stewart
A75 A75
A76
Glasgow South Western Rail Line
Galloway Forest Park
Tweed Valley Forest Park
Reston
Port of Barrow
Whitehaven Harbour
Port of Workington
A590
Jedburgh
Durham- Tees Valley Airport
Blyth
Cramlington
Ashington
SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND CORRIDOR
WESTERN BORDERLANDS
CORRIDOR
EASTERN
BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR
SOUTHERN BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR
A696
A66
Ash
ing
ton
,
Bly
th a
nd
Tyn
e R
ail
Lin
e
Port of Berwick
Port of Blyth
Port of Tyne
Tees Port
Annan Gretna Dumfries
ECM
L
ECM
L
Prestwick Airport
Whitehaven
Workington
Cum
brian
Coast
Rail
line
Cumbrian Coast Rail line
A77
Eyemouth Harbour
Eyemouth
Newcastle Airport
A7
Longtown
Langholm
Hawick
Selkirk
Lake District
National Park
Kendal
Penrith
CENTRAL
BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR
To Edinburgh and
Edinburgh Airport
A689
Castle Douglas
Carlisle
Carlisle Airport
Britain’s Energy Coast -
Cumbria
Loch Ryan Port
Port of Cairnryan
Stranraer Harbour
To Northern Ireland ,
and Republic
of Ireland
Stranraer
Beattock
Moffat
Thornhill
Glenluce
Northumberl-and Coast
AONB
Blyth
Estuary
Renewable Energy Zone
Keilder Water and Forest Park
North Pennines AONB
To Edinburgh and
Edinburgh Airport
Borderlands – An Area of Challenges
• Low economic production
— 68% of UK average GVA per head
• Low wages
— Weekly Pay 90% of UK average
• Ageing Population
— Number of 16-64 year olds 2.5% behind UK average
• Rurality
— 0.47 persons per hectare (UK average 2.6 persons)
Borderlands Summit – April 2014
• Benefits of working together
• Protocol/Ambition
• Key areas:
– Economic Corridors
– Economic Sectors – Forestry, Tourism, Energy
– Digital Connectivity
– Education, Skills and Innovation
Work to Date
• Evidence gathering
• Greater Understanding
• Scope
• Objective/Mechanism
– Action Plan
– Collaboration
– Asks of Government
– Borderlands “Deal”
Projects
• Infrastructure Projects
– Rail
– Road
– Sea
– Business
• Tourism/Rural
• Knowledge, Innovation and Skills
Economic Corridor – Investment
Potential • Examples of Potential Economic Benefits:
— A1 dualling — £376.8 million uplift in GVA — 42% uplift in jobs in Berwick, Alnwick and Morpeth
• Edinburgh to Berwick rail services — £19.2 million benefit per year — Increased social inclusion
• Carlisle Airport — Contribute £10.7 million to GVA a year — Safeguard 60 FTE’s and create 156 FTE’s — 68,475 passengers by year 5
Next Steps
• Prioritised Projects
• Economic Assessment
Conclusion
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