An update on the economics and development plans of the Greater Manchester area

1. RICHARD FARNELL
LeaderofRochdaleBoroughCouncil&GMCAspokesmanonplanningandhousing
Stockport
Tameside
Oldham
Trafford
City of Salford
City of
Manchester
Wigan
Bolton
Bury
Stockport
Tameside
Oldham
Trafford
City of Salford
City of
Manchester
Wigan
Bolton
Bury
Rochdale

2. CITY REGION
2.7m people
+217,000 since 2000

3. CITY REGION
105,200businesses

4. CITY REGION
1.23m jobs
+100,000over the next 10 years

5. CITY REGION
100,000 Higher Education Students
at 5 HE Institutions

6. The second biggest economy in the UK,
an employment rate that has never been higher,
and world-leading industries – from health
innovation and digital industries, to engineering
and financial services.

7. NORTHERN GATEWAY
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Collection of sites along
the M62 motorway
2,700,000 sq ft
19,000 jobs

8. HARNESSING THE
POWER OF THE M62
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9. NORTHERN
GATEWAY
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2.7m2 of new
business, industrial
and warehousing
space, around 9,500
homes.

10. PORT SALFORD
warehousing and processing floor space
150,000 m2
and potential floor space of 371,600 m2
250 acres
Estimated to create at least 4,000 jobs

11. GM WESTERN GATEWAY
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Family residential
25,000 homes
Employment floorspace
1.5m2
Estimated to create 18,750 jobs

12. CARRINGTON
site at Carrington
2,289 acre
for new homes
11,500 capacity
Around 8m sq.ft (750,000 sq.m) of new employment
space alongside new community and local facilities

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14. Stockport
Tameside
Oldham
Rochdale
Trafford
City of Salford
City of
Manchester
Wigan
Bolton
Bury
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