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Mayor brings forward Portrack Relief Road plans to help deliver new Tees Crossing

Friday, 20 November, 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has brought forward plans to build a new road between Marston Road and the A1032 Newport Bridge Approach Road, with £11.5million in critical funding. The new 1.3km road, which will follow the route of the former Billingham Beck branch railway, is not only essential for reducing congestion on the A19, but is also key for delivering the new Tees Crossing. The Funding...

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Josh Earl, 27, has been using Wheels 2 Work for around 18 months

Mayor pledges to extend Wheels 2 Work scheme after praise from local workers

19th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has pledged to extend a scheme that is helping dozens of people get to work and training opportunities for another three years...

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£1.5million riverbed investigations under way for new Teesworks quay

18th November 2020

A major £1.5million study has begun to investigate the bed of the River Tees just days after Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen announced plans for a state-of-the...

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Mayor reaches 500 new job target with Kickstart scheme – but urges more firms to sign up

17th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has reached his target of creating 500 new jobs for young people at businesses across the region through the Government’s...

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Mayor welcomes Government backing of Net Zero Teesside

17th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the Government’s backing for Net Zero Teesside, the UK’s ground-breaking carbon capture, utilisation and storage...

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Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen at Teesworks

Mayor confirms Teesworks to bid for Freeport status as Government bidding process opens

16th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (November 16) confirmed Teesworks will bid for Freeport status as the Government announced the process for applications...

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Thousands of Christmas shoppers take advantage of Mayor’s new scheme to boost festive trade

13th November 2020

Thousands of Christmas shoppers have already taken advantage of a new scheme set up by the Tees Valley Mayor to support local independent businesses during the...

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Mayor welcomes logistics and distribution centre that will create thousands of jobs

12th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (12th November) welcomed a huge investment that will see a state-of-the-art logistics and distribution centre built in...

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Mayor unveils plans for new £90millon quay on River Tees for world’s biggest wind farms

11th November 2020

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (11 November) unveiled plans to develop a new £90million quay at South Bank on the River Tees to help make Teesside the...

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To comply with Government’s latest lockdown guidance and to avoid a plane non-essentially flying into the airport, the Mayor dusted off his plastic Loganair plane which is pictured here, in front of the airport

Loganair 'Back For Good' at Teesside Airport with new long term partnership

10th November 2020

Teesside International Airport has revealed that Loganair will be returning to the airport and flying to five destinations, with tickets for the new flights on...

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