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February 2024

Corporation Bridge
Engineers Continue Work to Save 100-Year Old Grimsby Bridge

Refurbishment works to the iconic Corporation Road Bridge in Grimsby are progressing. Grit blasting works to the undersides of the bridge for spans 1, 2, 3 and 4 have allowed a detailed inspection of the structure, and this revealed an…

3 months ago
Love Cleethorpes - Have your say
We Want You to Help Us Shape Future Designs for Cleethorpes’ Key Projects

The work on developing the detailed design for both the Pier Gardens and Market Place schemes in Cleethorpes is underway, with separate consultants being brought in to help the Council realise its ambitions. The Cleethorpes Masterplan, adopted in 2022, set…

3 months ago
A180 map
Work Is Starting on the A180 Bridges Project Next Week

Work is starting on site on 26 February to do essential works to the three key bridges into Grimsby and Cleethorpes and protect them for the future. Starting with Gilbey Rd bridge, then Cleethorpes Flyover and followed by Alexandra Dock…

3 months ago
35-37-Seaview Street Plan
Heritage Works Start at 35 – 37 Sea View Street, Cleethorpes

Works are due to start this week on the latest Cleethorpes’ property to receive National Lottery Heritage Funding as part of the Townscape Heritage (TH) Project for Cleethorpes. The former grocers and newsagents store at 35-37 Sea View Street is…

3 months ago
Cleee Fields
Operator Sought for the New Clee Fields Pavilion and Pitches

The Clee Fields site development is nearing completion with the latest section, the installation of the two artificial grass 3G football pitches, finished a few weeks ago. The new changing facilities are nearing completion, with the main interior already finished,…

3 months ago
DFDS Containers
DFDS Announces Plans for New Combined Commercial Office on the Humber

DFDS, which employs over 1,000 people on the Humber, have taken the first steps in creating a new combined commercial office in the area by purchasing seven acres of land on the Pioneer Park development, located in Stallingborough.  Plans are…

3 months ago
rainwater planter
Rain Gardens Installation Works on Broadway Are About to Begin

In 2022, North East Lincolnshire Council was awarded a share of £6.7m to develop innovative solutions for flood and coastal resilience in the community. Last year, a number of planter boxes were installed at four schools in the borough as…

3 months ago
Freshney Place
Work Underway to Create a Community Diagnostic Centre at Freshney Place Shopping Centre

The NHS’s Community Diagnostic Centre, has started works on over 18,000 sq. ft. of space at Freshney Place Shopping Centre this week, with refurbishment works getting underway in preparation for a summer opening.   The new facility will provide the local…

3 months ago
Alexandra Dock Bridge
Beating the Bog!

Alexandra Dock Bridge spans a section of the A180 between Lockhill and Boulevard Avenue roundabout.  A fairly unassuming bridge, this is the link between the upper River Freshney and the town centre, and Alexandra Dock, the Royal Dock, and the…

3 months ago
A180 map
A180 Bridges Project – Work Starts Later This Month

Vital structural repairs are being planned to ensure the main road into Grimsby and Cleethorpes can safely carry traffic in the decades ahead. The project, one of the most important of its kind along the A180, is being supported by…

3 months ago
House of Fraser Building
Council Purchases Former House of Fraser Building In Grimsby

THE former House of Fraser building on Grimsby’s Victoria Street West has been bought by North East Lincolnshire Council as it continues its drive towards town centre transformation. Contracts have been exchanged today and the sale, which has been advised…

5 months ago
have your say on devolution
It’s time to have YOUR say on Greater Lincolnshire Devolution

Public consultation begins with 1.1-million people, who are encouraged to give their views on the deal Proposal  PEOPLE living and working in North East Lincolnshire are being asked to have their say on an historic Greater Lincolnshire Devolution Proposal. A…

5 months ago
completed ABP land deal
Historic Land Deal Helps Immingham Port Expansion

In one of the largest land deals done in recent years, North East Lincolnshire Council’s Cabinet agreed last week to release land to Associated British Ports (ABP). The land includes 28 acres of allocated development land at…

5 months ago
devolution deal
Full Council in North East Lincolnshire approves Greater Lincolnshire Devolution Proposal

PEOPLE across North East Lincolnshire are set to be asked for their views on Greater Lincolnshire devolution from Monday, following a Full Council meeting this evening, (Thursday 30 November). Members of North East Lincolnshire Council voted to accept the Greater…

5 months ago
Alfred Enderbys
Enderby’s due to start work on expanding their historic smokehouse

Work is due to re-start at Alfred Enderbys Smokehouse on the expansion of the historic smokehouse on Grimsby’s historic docks. Over the last year, £150,000 worth of structural repair work, funded by a PSiCA (Partnership Scheme in Conservation Areas) grant,…

6 months ago
contractors
A Call for Contractors to Be Part of Cleethorpes’ Town Centre’s Regeneration Journey

The next contracting phase for the multi-million redevelopment of Cleethorpes Town Centre, starts next week with a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event. Designed as a fact-finding mission, local contractors in the construction industry are invited to a drop-in session at the…

8 months ago
stallingborough
Humber Flood Defences £29m Upgrade Begins at Stallingborough

Release from the Environment Agency A £29m project to manage the risk of flooding to people and major industry in north-east Lincolnshire is now underway. The Environment Agency scheme will see improvements made to 4.5 kilometres of coastal defences along…

9 months ago
Projekt Renewable
PROJEKT RENEWABLE lands next week at Alexandra Dock

DISCOVER ‘THE STUDIO’ AND IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS FROM MYENERGI AND RWE It’s finally arriving… Projekt Renewable lands in Alexandra Dock next week! After two years and £300,000 in funding, three containers and a shed-load of opportunity will touchdown in Grimsby. Supported…

9 months ago
Segal's Jewellery
Freshney Place update: nearly one year on

AS the first anniversary of North East Lincolnshire Council’s ownership of Freshney Place approaches, there’s good news for the shopping centre in a number of key areas. A report being presented to a special Freshney Place Cabinet meeting at the…

10 months ago
archaeoligical site
Remains of Roman ‘ladder settlement’ discovered during archaeological dig in North East Lincolnshire

Archaeologists have discovered the distinctive ‘ladder settlement’ as part of the planning requirements laid out by Equans, on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council, ahead of a housing development being permitted in Healing. Due to the archaeological interest in the…

10 months ago