Work gets under way on Skegness TEC campus
CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING
CONSTRUCTION is under way on a multimillion-pound education campus in a Lincolnshire coastal town.
The Skegness Gateway masterplan includes the building of 1,000 new homes, some 41,000 square metres of commercial space, tourism accommodation, a crematorium, a primary school, a local retail centre with shops, pubs and restaurants, and 4,000 square metres of storage space.
Work has now begun on the Skegness TEC campus which will deliver further and higher education courses for the residents of Skegness and surrounding communities. The purpose-built college will provide further education courses in many different subject areas, including construction, engineering, hospitality and tourism.
Over the coming years, the project aims to help over 1,000 residents into employment.
Ann Hardy, CEO of TEC Partnership, said: “I am delighted that construction is under way on our new Skegness Learning Campus. It is going to be great to see our designs and plans become a reality. The new learning campus will bring with it a broad curriculum and new opportunities for the community of Skegness.”
Chris Baron, chair of Connected Coast, said: “It is fantastic to see work now under way on the Learning Campus, a development set to be genuinely transformational for local people, offering access to training in much-needed subjects in Skegness.
The Learning Campus is Connected Coast’s flagship Town Deal, and it has the potential to be an economic game-changer for the area, allowing people to gain the skills and knowledge they need to get the jobs they want.
“The start of work is a hugely significant milestone, and I look forward to seeing this exciting new facility come out of the ground over the coming months, ready to welcome students in 2025.”
Skegness Gateway is a 136-hectare site to the west of the town that will, subject to planning approval, deliver a major new “sustainable urban extension” for Skegness. The development aims to provide hundreds of jobs, a new college, much-needed amenities and new homes for the area.