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£3m funding earmarked for Isles of Scilly project

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The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has earmarked almost £3m in funding to support a project that aims to project to transform infrastructure, and promote growth, on the Isles of Scilly.The LEP has agreed in principle to invest up to £2.95m in the Smart Islands programme.The project is designed to tackle the challenges of sustaining a remote island community by moving towards a low carbon economy. It will pilot new models for energy, water and waste services that will be scalable to other rural communities and cities across the world.The LEP’s contribution would come from the Government’s Local Growth Fund, which is investing more than £70m through the Growth Deal programme to improve infrastructure and grow the economy of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.