Government backing for some of the region's most high profile regeneration projects will create more than 4,200 new jobs and safeguard another 3,500.
A total of 21 schemes in the North East and Tees Valley have won a combined £64m in backing from the Government's Getting Building Fund, which was first announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in June.
The schemes include project to improve town and city centres, put the North East at the forefront of the green recovery and boost key employment sites, as well as creating 1,300 new homes.
High profile projects such as the Gateshead Quays convention centre and the Aykley Heads business park in Durham have been backed, along with town centre regeneration schemes in Newcastle, North Shields and Bedlingto
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