THE public will have their chance to pose questions to key figures about a major development in Morecambe Bay.

The Eden Project and its partners in the North West will be hosting an online event to update the public on Eden Project North’s progress.

The event will be held on Thursday (November 26) over Zoom at 12.30pm and will feature speakers including David Harland, chief executive of Eden Project International, Sarah Wroe, head of stakeholder relations at Lancaster University, Councillor Dr Erica Lewis, leader of Lancaster City Council and Andrew Barrow, construction and infrastructure programme manager at Lancashire County Council.

Each of the guests will provide the latest news on the Morecambe Bay development, before opening the floor to questions.

Questions can be asked in person during the video call or be submitted ahead of time by e-mailing edenprojectnorth@edenproject.com.

David Harland said: “Lockdown has meant that we haven’t been able to spend as much time in Morecambe as we did before the pandemic, so we’re looking forward to getting together with the Morecambe community again and sharing the latest news on Eden Project North.

“To our great disappointment, we haven’t been able to visit Morecambe in a while, but that doesn’t mean we have stopped! If anything, we have been more busy in making the project a reality and we’re really excited about the progress we’ve made over the last few months.”

Eden Project North would be a major new attraction in Morecambe that seeks to reimagine the seaside resort for the 21st century.

Eden recently submitted a business case to the Government, asking for £70m of funding to make the project a reality.

The report presented Eden Project North as a key driver of the UK’s post-Covid recovery and shows it as a “shovel-ready” project which would deliver significant economic, environmental and social benefits for Lancashire and the wider North West region, as well as contributing to the wider levelling-up agenda and the Government’s 25-year Environment Plan.

People who would like to attend can register here

For anyone who cannot attend, a recording of the event will be made available afterwards.