Leicester City Council has launched a fresh search for a development partner to deliver the radical redevelopment of the city’s historic railway station. A tender has been launched for contractors to deliver the ambitious transformation of the landmark railway station building, with a revised value of £25.9m. This was made possible when the council was given permission to reallocate almost £10 million of Government funding to help ensure the ambitious revamp goes ahead as ori

Leicester City Council has been given the go-ahead to allocate almost £10 million of Government funding to help ensure that a radical revamp of Leicester’s historic railway station goes ahead. The railway station scheme is a high priority for the Department for Transport, and it has agreed to transfer £9.95 million of the £12.15 million of Levelling Up funding originally awarded to the St Margaret’s junction scheme. Under the new funding agreement, the railway station project