Masterplan blueprint bid to revitalise area's fortunes

THE GREY Mare Lane estate was built in 1967 and sits next to Manchester City’s Etihad Campus.

But now locals say it looks embarrassing next to City’s stateof-the-art facilities.

It has been subject to numerous attempts to revitalise its fortunes.

However, not all of them have been successful – with the most recent project going back to the drawing board after housing association One Manchester was deemed ‘not up to the task’ of delivering the original scheme in full.

The retrofit programme left the community divided, as only social renters received upgrades – despite the government promising funding for all homes, including right-to-buy owners.