LEADERS from across Greater Manchester are due to set out a series of new housing, industry and transport proposals tomorrow morning.

The plans attempt to address the housing crisis with a minimum target of 50,000 additional affordable homes – 30,000 of which will be social housing.

Across the region, the net loss of green belt has been reduced by more than half since the first draft of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework in 2016.

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A transport plan, which is part of the Greater Manchester 2040 Transport Strategy, will set out more than 65 projects that will be completed in the next five years.

This includes the Trafford Park Metrolink line, an upgrade of Salford Central railway station, a £160m new walking and cycling infrastructure and expanding the electric vehicle charging network.

The city-region’s vision is that by 2040, half of all daily trips will be made by public transport, cycling and walking, especially shorter journeys around local neighbourhoods.

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Mayor Andy Burnham said: “In this time of national social and economic uncertainty, and with politics in Westminster paralysed by Brexit, Greater Manchester is taking the initiative and setting out an innovative blueprint to give people, communities and businesses hope and confidence for the future.”

“When we consulted people on the first spatial framework, the public were clear that we hadn’t got the balance right. We listened, reflected, and can now present a radical re-write as promised. It also lays the foundations for radical reform in other policy areas such as housing, the environment and transport.

“Together, we are harnessing the full power of the most advanced devolution deal of any city-region in England for the benefit of our three million residents. And we are putting together the pieces of the jigsaw to reveal the big picture - a Greater Manchester where prosperity, opportunity, health, hope and happiness are widely and fairly shared across all our people and places.”

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