Manchester’s new skyline park has taken a major step forward today — with its first plants being bedded in. The Castlefield Viaduct project is set to open next month.
Initially set to open on July 3, yesterday bosses confirmed that ‘unexpected delays’ meant the park would now open no later than the end of next month. However, work is still continuing at pace on the 330m former railway viaduct.
Now, just over three months on from the M.E.N.’s first visit to the site, plants are being bedded in ahead of waves of visitors. Tickets are free to the project, but limited in number due to weight restrictions on the Victorian structure, which was built by Heenan & Froude — the same firm that constructed the Blackpool Tower.
