Scunthorpe jobs boost promise over manufacturing park plan

The 60-acre development site for the manufacturing park is on the edge of Scunthorpe

About 2,000 jobs will be created at a new manufacturing park in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire Council has said.

The park, on the edge of the town, will mean "well-paid, high-skilled" research and development jobs for the area, according to the authority.

The 60-acre site was secured using money from the government's £3.6m "levelling up" Towns Fund, with the planning process under way, it added.

Infrastructure will be built to connect the site with the nearby M181 motorway.

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Rob Waltham, leader of North Lincolnshire Council, said the scheme would have "profound effects on the area for generations".

"It will create hundreds of well-paid, high-skilled jobs in advanced sectors and will be a globally significant hub for research, development and innovation," he said.

"This development will create the right environment for more world-leading businesses to join the North Lincolnshire stable, creating and developing innovative, leading-edge products."