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How we're improving the borough

We're working hard to make the borough of Rochdale a better place to live, work and do business.

We work with our partners Rochdale Development Agency to carry out our regeneration projects like:

  • Drake Street Heritage Action Zone
  • Fireground - the fire station museum
  • Heywood Town Centre
  • Middleton regeneration work
  • Restoring Rochdale Town Hall
  • Rochdale Metrolink and Travel Interchange
  • Rochdale Riverside shopping and leisure development
  • The reopening of the River Roch

 You can find more about what we've done and what we're doing to improve the borough on the Rochdale Development Agency website.

Regeneration projects in the borough of Rochdale

 

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  • Improving the borough
  • Calder Valley Line Community Rail Partnership
  • Revealing the Roch
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