£1m to restore historic Wolverhampton buildings
Almost £1million has been made available to business owners in a Wolverhampton city centre street to help restore landmark and historic buildings to their former glory.
Wolverhampton City Council has been given £904,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund's Townscape Heritage scheme to help make essential repairs to buildings in Queen Street.
The street is one of the oldest in Wolverhampton, and contains some of the city's most important buildings, including the first free library in the city and the former county court.
Councillor Peter Bilson, Wolverhampton City Council's cabinet member for economy, said: "This is exciting and welcoming news for the city and will enable the council to provide real support for struggling businesses in this important part of the city centre.
"We shall be working closely with property owners, and our project partners, over the next few months to develop proposals for the area."
