Planning Minister Richard Caborn is to get a bird’s eye view of Coventry and Warwickshire’s major areas of regeneration in a whistle stop tour tomorrow.

The Minister will take a thirty minute helicopter flight over the city to see for himself the sites for proposed regeneration in the centre and northern boundary of Coventry and the areas of recent business expansion right across the city. He will also look at the Coventry and Warwickshire and Walsgrave hospital sites proposed for the new Superhospital.

He will be accompanied on the flight by Cllr John Fletcher, the Leader of Coventry City Council, and John McGuigan, Director of City Development.

Cllr John Fletcher said today:

"This is a golden opportunity to show Richard Caborn hoe successful Coventry and Warwickshire is at regenerating run down or disused areas of the city. We have developed some of the best business parks in the West Midlands and schemes such as the Phoenix Initiative and Arena 2000 in Coventry will generate more jobs for local people and put the region firmly on the map. In this short flight the Minister will see scheme after scheme demonstrating Coventry and Warwickshire’s commitment to regeneration, job creation and city pride."