Work taking place on Rivington Chase.
GOVERNMENT funding has been confirmed for a £262 million housing, retail and leisure development.
The Rivington Chase development, on the site of the former Horwich Loco Works, has been granted money from the government's housing infrastructure fund following a Bolton Council bid launched last year.
The masterplan includes a £12m access road, which would link the 150 acre site with the Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich Parkway railway station and the M61. The application to build the road was submitted to Bolton Council in January.
Groundwork has already started on the Rivington Chase scheme, with bricks laid. The first of 104 dwellings are being constructed by Bellway Homes and are expected to be up for sale soon.
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