WEYMOUTH is officially set to get a cash boost to kick-start the town’s regeneration following a long wait.
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council will receive £4m from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to improve flood defences at Weymouth Harbour which includes £1.2m from the £40m Floods Regeneration and Growth Fund and £2.8m for a Flood Defence Grant.
The funds will allow thousands of properties to be better protected against flooding and help support economic growth and regeneration in areas that have suffered from flooding in recent years.
In Weymouth, the funds released by Environment Minister Therese Coffey will be allocated to flood risk management measures for the town which include improving the harbour wall, reducing flood risk to 450…
