Buses will divert due to the overnight closure of a busy road near the Broad Marsh which is being resurfaced. Work began on Middle Hill, between Canal Street and Weekday Cross, on Monday (September 12).
During the closure periods, between 9pm and 4am, buses will continue to serve the city centre on all routes but will divert along Canal Street, Bellar Gate and Cranbrook Street to re-join Lower Parliament Street. General traffic diversions will be in place using routes along Canal Street, Hollowstone and Weekday Cross to access the Lace Market, and Warser Gate, Stoney Street and Barker Gate to exit the area.
Work on the new paving of Middle Hill will come to an end on Sunday, September 18. The work forms part of the wider programme of improvements around Broad Marsh. The section of Canal Street alongside the new Broad Marsh Car Park and Bus Station has been resurfaced, with finishing touches being made to a cycle lane linking to the Castle Boulevard cycle lane.
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Other improvements have already been carried out, funded from a successful bid to the Government for Transforming Cities funding. Around £20m has been allocated to create a fresh new gateway to the south of the city, by removing or reducing traffic in the area and developing new pedestrian-friendly spaces for people to enjoy.
Once across Canal Street, pedestrians now enter a wide, traffic-free section of Carrington Street with new paving, benches, planting and trees. The new walkway through Broad Marsh has also opened. The next phase of work will soon begin on turning Collin Street into a 'pedestrianised plaza' with new plants and seats, linking to the Sussex Street area via new amphitheatre-style steps which are currently under construction.
Collin Street will then be linked via the ‘green heart’ element of the reimagined Broad Marsh site, called Lister Square, to Lister Gate and the city centre.
City council Leader, Councillor David Mellen, said: “We’re continuing to make good progress with some really transformative work on the streets around the Broad Marsh area. This used to be an unwelcoming gateway to the city from the south, and while there is still a lot to do, already our improvements have reduced barriers and the dominance of traffic and created pleasant spaces where people can linger and enjoy the surroundings.
“Work continues up Middle Hill, requiring some overnight road closures and then we will turn our attention to linking that area with a reimagined Collin Street plaza, which in turn will literally pave the way for the vision of the shopping centre site to take shape.”
While work on the redevelopment of the western side of the shopping centre has been progressing, millions of pounds in levelling up cash is sought to redevelop the rest of the site under an ambition led by leading urban designers to build 700 homes, a hotel, create a new entrance to the City of Caves and re-use the shopping centre frame.
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