Man fined £1,300 for dumping 100 old tyres
public realm and refurbishment of building frontages.
NE1 hopes to have the contractor in place by the summer and on site in September.
The firm has been meeting landlords and business owners to discuss how the money will be spent and to discuss the wider redevelopment plans.
In total, £3.2m is available for the project.
Of this, £1.6m comes from the Heritage Lottery Fund, £300,000 from Newcastle City Council and £250,000 from NE1, with match funding from the business and property owners.
As part of the project, NE1 and MawsonKerr have been reviewing property development schemes across the North East to ensure it fits in with the area.
Developers say it is important that refurbishments are practical and work for shops, takeaways and other business interests in the area and are taking inspiration from similar projects at the Quayside, Grey Street and Monument Mall. A FLY-TIPPER has been fined for leaving a trail of waste across the Northumberland countryside.
Graham Patterson, 26, of Park View, Whitley Bay, dumped more than 100 tyres at East Sleekburn and Wansbeck Riverside Country Park.
South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court heard the van Patterson used to dump the tyres was seized and destroyed in December. He was tracked down by Northumberland County Council’s environmental enforcement team after his vehicle was identified from photographs.
Patterson was fined £1,378 by magistrates and given a threemonth curfew.
Peter Simpson, the council’s public health protection manager, said: “Fly-tipping is a very serious offence because of the damage it causes to the environment, as well as the cost to the taxpayer of clearing and disposing of the waste.
“Unfortunately the use of illegal waste carriers, often advertising through social media, appears to be on the rise so I would like to remind the public and businesses that the law requires them to only hand over their waste to a registered waste carrier.”