Another 200 homes may be built in Wingerworth, Derbyshire on a formerly contaminated site with improved road access.
The East Midlands authority is giving money. Derbyshire Council will get £1 million, and they will use it for road access to the south of the old Avenue site.
The site was a coking works for 40 years and it closed in 1992. They made coal, gas, and other chemicals. They approved 469 homes back in 2014.
Tilia Homes already built 252 homes and plans for 217 more got approval last year. Upgrading the Derby Road junction is needed; it meets Mill Lane near Curzon Park. This upgrade enables the other 200 homes.
Work should start soon, around October, and could be done by March 2026. They need public money for this to happen, and the junction will have traffic lights.
Right now, no south access stops development. This upgraded junction helps other things as ten acres of business space and improvement of bus access to the Avenue are promised.
The whole project will cost £1.3 million. The Avenue site is being renewed significantly; it already has homes, a country park, and better travel options.
The northern access is already good, but the southern access is still not ready. Building on the land is being constrained which will also constrain the expansion of homes and businesses there.
This junction will resolve the problem and removes worries about land rights. Mill Lane will now be equipped to handles extra traffic. This job needs public money to proceed.
The homes mean good things for the area, and affordable units will become available. Business spaces could increase jobs too. Without the access road, expansion is stalled and the public will not receive the benefits.
The old site was very polluted and it contained bad things, the government said. Ten years of cleanup finished in 2018 and reused the site with homes and a park. The cleanup cost £185 million from public funds.