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Regenerating Lye

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Suzanne Webb MP with West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and Councillor Dave Borley
Suzanne with the Housing Minister and Councilor Dave Borley

I continue to push to bring investment and regeneration to Lye. The area used to be, and should continue to be, a regional attraction for people to come and experience the various pubs and restaurants in the town. Local residents and businesses deserve better.

I teamed up with local residents, campaigners, and Andy Street, former Mayor of the West Midlands, to champion the cause of Lye and try to resolve the problems that have been raised with me since becoming your Member of Parliament. We will be campaigning for greater street cleaning, new CCTV cameras, investment and regeneration to build new homes and build stronger relationships in the community.

I am pleased that there has been real progress recently.

I have been involved in a campaign to provide more devolution and funding to the West Midlands, and I can proudly say that the Government has delivered on this. The West Midlands Devolution Deal, a groundbreaking first for our area, will mean local decision makers have a real say in investment decisions.

Our previous plan was ambitious for Lye and I have detailed some of those proposals below that I would like to see implemented from this new funding pot:

  • Making Lye bypass two-way to reduce congestion on the High Street
  • Improvements to junctions along the A4036 to improve traffic flow
  • Better connectivity between the train station and the High Street
  • New homes on four brownfield sites
  • More footways and cycle routes
  • Additional car parking provision

My vision is for Lye to be a place where people are proud to live, work, and visit and these truly transformative plans will begin to realise that vision.

In the long-term, I am confident that these plans will act as a catalyst to drive economic growth in the town and attract much-needed private investment.

Work has already begun, and I visited Lye with the then Housing and Planning Minister Rachel Maclean and Councillor Dave Borley for an update. Some of these major proposals include creating an urban village, more space for new industries, managing the best use of heritage assets, creating more green streets and spaces with the vision to make Lye an industrial garden town.

Redeeming Our Communities, a community engagement charity, is also hiring an action group leader for Lye who will be employed over the next three years to take forward the objectives

There is so much to be proud of in Lye. Together, we will work to make sure people know this and get better outcomes for Lye and it's people.

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Suzanne Webb MP with Cllr Dave Borley

Lye Regeneration Update

Thursday, 26 October, 2023
Plans to regenerate Lye are making progress, with initial works to start next year, I have been told during a catch up with officials in charge of the project. The area around Lye War Memorial will be the first part of the regeneration and plans to secure public funding of initially up to 20 millio
Suzanne Webb MP

My Letter of Support for Lye's Levelling Up Fund Bid

Thursday, 30 June, 2022
I am writing to provide formal priority support to Dudley Council’s bid for Lye in Round Two of the Levelling Up Fund.  The bid, if successful, would be truly transformative.  As someone said to me when they saw the bid “If this isn’t levelling up, I don’t know what is”.  I could not
Suzanne Webb MP in Lye

Levelling Up Bid for Lye Announced

Friday, 17 June, 2022
Today, ambitious £20 million plans to level-up Lye were announced as part of a bid for a share of the Government’s £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund. The plans include: 🛣️ A two-way Lye Bypass to reduce the amount of traffic down the High Street while improving air quality. 🚧 Improvements
Suzanne Webb MP at Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Questions

Levelling Up Lye

Monday, 7 March, 2022
Have your say in Dudley Council's consultation on the regeneration of Lye.  Suzanne Webb MP Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and I are currently working on a masterplan for an area called Lye, an historic market town in my constituency that is in much need of regeneration.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street and Suzanne Webb MP in Lye

Lye Regeneration Consultation

Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
LYE REGENERATION Dudley Council is currently developing a masterplan for Lye and is preparing a bid for a share of the Government’s £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund.
Suzanne Webb MP

Levelling-Up Lye

Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
I asked the Secretary of State for Scotland about the regeneration of Lye during Scotland Questions.  "With all the news on the levelling-up White Paper today, will my right hon. Friend update the House on progress towards the fund’s second round?
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