Borderlands Initiative –

Regional Collaboration

Jane Meek

Director, Carlisle City Council

Borderlands Initiative

• Background

• Work to Date

• Next Steps

Borderlands Initiative Area

• A population of over 1 million people

• 10% of the UK land mass

• The centre of the UK — Linking England, Scotland

and Northern Ireland

— Within 2 hours drive of 14 million people

Opportunities

• Range of Businesses

• International Companies

• Access to Markets

• Natural Assets

• Economic Corridors

Borderlands Connectivity Area

Economic Corridors

Tyne Valley Rail line

Hexham

Settle to

Carlisle

Rail line

To Newcastle

To Manchester,

London and the South

Lockerbie

Barrow in

Furness

Berwick upon Tweed

Alnwick

Morpeth

A69

A66

A1

A1

A68

A595

A595

A74

M6

M6

A7

Galashiels

A7

ECM

L

WCM

L

WCM

L

WCM

L

Bo

rders

Rail

way

Glasgow South Western Rail Line

To Glasgow and

Glasgow Airport

To Glasgow and

Glasgow Airport

To Leeds, London

and the South

Northum-berland National Park

Newton Stewart

A75 A75

A76

Glasgow South Western Rail Line

Galloway Forest Park

Tweed Valley Forest Park

Reston

Port of Barrow

Whitehaven Harbour

Port of Workington

A590

Jedburgh

Durham- Tees Valley Airport

Blyth

Cramlington

Ashington

SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND CORRIDOR

WESTERN BORDERLANDS

CORRIDOR

EASTERN

BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR

SOUTHERN BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR

A696

A66

Ash

ing

ton

,

Bly

th a

nd

Tyn

e R

ail

Lin

e

Port of Berwick

Port of Blyth

Port of Tyne

Tees Port

Annan Gretna Dumfries

ECM

L

ECM

L

Prestwick Airport

Whitehaven

Workington

Cum

brian

Coast

Rail

line

Cumbrian Coast Rail line

A77

Eyemouth Harbour

Eyemouth

Newcastle Airport

A7

Longtown

Langholm

Hawick

Selkirk

Lake District

National Park

Kendal

Penrith

CENTRAL

BORDERLANDS CORRIDOR

To Edinburgh and

Edinburgh Airport

A689

Castle Douglas

Carlisle

Carlisle Airport

Britain’s Energy Coast -

Cumbria

Loch Ryan Port

Port of Cairnryan

Stranraer Harbour

To Northern Ireland ,

and Republic

of Ireland

Stranraer

Beattock

Moffat

Thornhill

Glenluce

Northumberl-and Coast

AONB

Blyth

Estuary

Renewable Energy Zone

Keilder Water and Forest Park

North Pennines AONB

To Edinburgh and

Edinburgh Airport

Borderlands – An Area of Challenges

• Low economic production

— 68% of UK average GVA per head

• Low wages

— Weekly Pay 90% of UK average

• Ageing Population

— Number of 16-64 year olds 2.5% behind UK average

• Rurality

— 0.47 persons per hectare (UK average 2.6 persons)

Borderlands Summit – April 2014

• Benefits of working together

• Protocol/Ambition

• Key areas:

– Economic Corridors

– Economic Sectors – Forestry, Tourism, Energy

– Digital Connectivity

– Education, Skills and Innovation

Work to Date

• Evidence gathering

• Greater Understanding

• Scope

• Objective/Mechanism

– Action Plan

– Collaboration

– Asks of Government

– Borderlands “Deal”

Projects

• Infrastructure Projects

– Rail

– Road

– Sea

– Business

• Tourism/Rural

• Knowledge, Innovation and Skills

Economic Corridor – Investment

Potential • Examples of Potential Economic Benefits:

— A1 dualling — £376.8 million uplift in GVA — 42% uplift in jobs in Berwick, Alnwick and Morpeth

• Edinburgh to Berwick rail services — £19.2 million benefit per year — Increased social inclusion

• Carlisle Airport — Contribute £10.7 million to GVA a year — Safeguard 60 FTE’s and create 156 FTE’s — 68,475 passengers by year 5

Next Steps

• Prioritised Projects

• Economic Assessment

Conclusion