Black Country Development Corporation
- Black Country Development Corporation
Infobox Organization
name = Black Country Development Corporation
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formation = 1987
extinction = 1998
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headquarters = Sandwell, Walsall
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language = English
leader_title = Chair
leader_name = Sir William Francis
George Carter
key_people = David Morgan
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website = The Black Country Development Corporation was established in May 1987 [cite book|author=Michael C. R. Davies|title=Land Reclamation: An End to Dereliction?|year=1991|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=1851666583] to develop land in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell and Walsall.
Its flagship developments included the Black Country Spine Road. During its lifetime 11.9m sq.ft. of non-housing development and 3,774 housing units were built. Around 21,440 new jobs were created and some £1,150m of private finance was leveraged in. Circa convert|988|acre|km2 of derelict land was reclaimed and convert|24|mi|km of new road and footpaths put in place. ["National Audit Office report dated 27 February 2002".] The Chairman was Sir William Francis and, subsequently, George Carter and the Chief Executive was David Morgan. It was dissolved in 1998.
The Black Country Spine Road was notable for providing the area around Wednesbury with a dual carriageway as well as reducing congestion on the narrower roads which surrounded it. The new road, which was opened in two phases in 1995, also freed up several square miles of previously inacessible land which was soon developed for industrial and commercial use.
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