A MULTI-MILLION pound cash boost to transform deprived areas of Wearside was unveiled yesterday.
The £10m windfall from Sunderland City Council's sale of council houses and shares in Newcastle Airport, will fund ten projects.
About £2.2m has been set aside for the Rainton Bridge business park, Shiney Row and Concord shopping centres have scooped £400,000 each, while Ryhope village centre has won £380,000.
City council leader Bob Symonds said: "It is the people's money - we are putting it back into the community to enhance the quality of life for the people of Sunderland."
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