Sheffield City Council leader Tom Hunt looks forward to 2024

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00:00 Hello, my name is Tom Hunt, I'm the leader of Sheffield City Council.

00:05 As we now head towards the end of 2023, it's a great opportunity to look back on some of

00:10 the big steps forward that we've taken in Sheffield this year.

00:15 I'm here in the Peace Gardens and right around us there's so much development taking place.

00:20 The heart of the city development is nearing completion and we're seeing significant interest

00:25 from businesses, retailers and developers to come and be part of the changes that are

00:31 taking place here.

00:33 Pounds Park opened up, Coldweathers is on its way to have new life breathed back into

00:38 it and 2024 is looking like a big year for the city centre.

00:44 So as we look ahead to 2024, these changes are going to continue.

00:48 We're seeing the transformation of Bargate early in the new year, we'll see ground being

00:53 broken on the new park that's going to be built down at Castlegate and out in Atticliff

00:59 we're going to see the development of Atticliff Waterside, a new low carbon neighbourhood

01:04 of nearly 1,000 homes and we've just seen the Banners building being brought by Situ

01:11 and that's going to breathe new life back into a much loved building in the East End.