Spending plan key projects and investments

The following are the key investments and projects in the spending plans.

Droppinghouseholdbulky waste collection charge from £22.50 to £10 for six items.

£400,000 for city “deep cleans” and £250,000 for public protection work.

Investment into the latest phase of the Sunderland Strategic Transport Corridor that is bringing a dual carriageway into the city centre.

£10m to ensure that Sunderland is digitally-enabled.

Funding for 500 new social housing properties and bringing empty homes back into use.

A £9m 500-space car park on the Vaux site for future occupiers and general use.

£15.070m towards Riverside Sunderland Infrastructure to support developments on the Vaux site and surrounding areas.

£7.5m Crowtree Square retail development.

New-build primary schools at Sunningdale, Thorney Close and Hetton plus updates at Newbottle Primary and Barnes Junior School.

£400,000 for improvements at Jacky Whites Market.

£7.5m for a replacement crematorium.

£1m carbon-reduction fund.

£140,000 cut to special responsibility allowances for councillors.

Two new antisocial behaviour officers.

£26m investment in the culture and communities portfolio over the next four years, including planned investment in the infrastructure of Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

New children’s residential homes and increased funding for children’s social care.

£10m extra funding for health and social care.