East of England Councillors Off to Meet Our Man in Brussels

Although the English Regional organisations have been greatly reduced, the East of England Region continues informally as a convenient structure for local authorities to co-ordinate matters of common interest. Two such obvious and important issues are Transport and Infrastructure Development. The region also remains as the main unit for receiving European funding for local projects.

Hertfordshire County Councillor Nick Hollinghurst is seen here setting off earlier this month on a privately arranged visit to the East of England Regional Office in Brussels.

He met Jonathan Millins and staff who are working to ensure that our Region gets its fair share of European development funds.

Recent benefits to East of England, along with the rest of the UK nations and regions, have included finance for the first stage of the fibre broadband roll-out to improve telephone and internet access and give faster delivery of broadband based services.

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