Spades are officially in the ground for a £5m project under Castlefield's railway bridges.
Work has started on a ‘village’ beneath the railway arches in Manchester city centre that could help the city tackle rough sleeping. Embassy Village will house up to 40 homeless men on St George’s Island in Castlefield .
The project has taken four years to get to this point, with planning permission first granted in 2021. Around 67 different companies and trusts came together to fund the £5m build, with bosses estimating the project received more than £1m in unpaid work to bring the site to life. The build comes as Manchester continues to see rates of homelessness skyrocket. Last year, 155 people died while rough sleeping.
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