Plans to completely change the area around the Cumberland Basin and replace it with a development project called ‘Western Harbour’ will get a £2.5 million boost next week. But options appear to have narrowed after national heritage chiefs awarded listed status to a 118-year-old concrete substation.
And while the listing of the Avon Crescent Substation would appear to end any prospects of a new dual-carriageway through the heart of the Cumberland Basin area, the way council chiefs are handling the massive regeneration project to be changing - again.
The previous, and controversial, 'Western Harbour Advisory Group' has been disbanded, and an entirely new group is to be formed, with the council saying it will be a ‘refresh’ of the group meant to be the bridge between authority planners and the communities affected by the massive project.
