Specialist to oversee maritime project
A DEVELOPMENT and design specialist has been appointed to oversee a multi-million pound scheme to highlight a Yorkshire city’s maritime heritage.
Hull City Council has unveiled Tricolor as the lead planners for the National Lottery-supported £27.4m Hull: Yorkshire’s Maritime City project.
Working with the council and Hull Culture and Leisure, the firm will help shape the future of Hull’s maritime past, present and future.
The project will reconnect Hull’s waterfront, see the conservation of two vessels and the redevelopment of three important and historic maritime sites – the Maritime Museum, the Dock Office Chambers and the North End Shipyard.
The managing director at Tricolor, Sarah Dowd, said: “Tricolor is delighted to be appointed as the lead Activity and Business Planners for the Hull: Yorkshire Maritime City project.
“This is a very important legacy project to City of Culture 2017 and will be example of how heritage can be integrated with the arts to build civic pride, provide a focal point for place-making and foster positive connections throughout our communities through shared narratives of our past.”
Hull City Council has been successful in a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Round One bid to secure £15m as part of the £27.4m investment programme, to celebrate and secure Hull’s extensive maritime assets and collections.
The initial HLF grant of £1.37m will develop the project further for a HLF Round 2 submission, due in May 2019, approval of which will release the full grant.