New homes and businesses are being built along with new community facilities such as a hospital, school and leisure centre while repairs are ensuring historic monuments are preserved for many years to come.
Here are 19 sites in Northumberland where work has started or is planned in the coming months.
17. Ida
Ida Homes has started work on the construction of 37 new homes in Belford and 18 apartments in the Cottingwood Lane area of Morpeth. Photo: supplied
18. Ashington
Northumberland College's new Ashington Campus on the Wansbeck Business Park will be developed by the Department for Education (DfE) into a state-of-the-art, new technical college campus. Photo: supplied
19. Cambois
JDR Cables has begun construction on its 69,000 sqm factory at Cambois which will be operational by 2024. The £130m project will deliver vital subsea cable manufacturing technology to the offshore wind market. Photo: Submitted