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New aerial pictures show Lancashire’s latest major motorway improvement emerging in the spring sunshine.

Lancashire County Council has named Phil Green as its new Executive Director of Growth, Environment and Transport following an external recruitment exercise.

Lancashire County Council has unveiled a £5m fund to drive forward a new wave of economic growth by accelerating delivery of a multi-billion-pound pipeline of projects.

A targeted Lancashire County Council-backed business support programme has begun in the county, which will help the owners of eight fast-growing Lancashire businesses to prepare their companies for investment or sale.

People can now have their say on how Lancashire County Council will shape a £50 million levelling up bid which aims to bring investment to the east of the county.

Development proposals have been announced for a major site in Central Lancashire, with a focus on high-quality employment uses and the potential to create around 2,000 jobs.

Plans to deliver much-needed accessibility improvements at Burnley Manchester Road railway station are expected to be taken forward by Lancashire County Council's cabinet.

Improvements to Rawtenstall Town Square have this week been completed and open to the public once again.

An ambitious draft framework has been announced which will guide the regeneration and redevelopment of the area around the railway station in Preston city centre.

The main partners of a £14.7m scheme to regenerate Preston city centre in line with other modern cities visited the site this week to see how work is progressing.

Work is well underway on nine projects that will each play their part in helping to 'level up' Lancashire, support recovery from Covid and kickstart progress towards a net zero carbon economy.

Leading figures from the North West aerospace and advanced engineering industry have met to mark the launch of a £1million initiative to support the sector in Lancashire.