Hall Ings Bus Canopy
The face of Bradford’s city centre is being transformed as work progresses on City Park.
The six-acre City Park is the realisation of the Masterplan ambition for a ‘park in the city’, funded by Bradford Council, Yorkshire Forward and the Regional Transport Board.
It will feature the largest city centre water feature in the UK and the park aims to attract investment to the city centre. Already key businesses are taking their place around the City Park.
Coun Adrian Naylor, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Regeneration and Economy, said: “Construction work is progressing well and contractors have worked throughout Christmas and the snowy period to keep us on schedule.
“Creating an attractive city centre is vital in increasing our potential as a great place to invest, live, work and visit. It’s crucial that we maintain our momentum on this and other regeneration projects during the recession, so the city is ready for the upturn in the economy.”
Work started on 4 January after the Christmas trading period with the subway between the former police station and National Media Museum being closed and work continuing on stripping out the former police station. Exterior demolition of half the former police station starts over the coming weeks, with much of the work taking place overnight.
Contractors cleared the snow last week to mark out the new 80m bus canopy on Hall Ings and moved in to start diverting the 20km of pipes and cables currently located under the site.
From Monday, 25 January, vehicle users will also start to see the City Park team make changes to Princes Way to improve pedestrian access across the road and begin the re-routing of bus services from Channing Way. This construction work is likely to cause disruption in the city centre and advance warning signs have been erected on all major routes into the city.
Next week also sees the launch of the City Park webcam, allowing people to see the changes happening on site from the comfort of their home or desk. The webcam provides a picture every day and looks back at the area before work started, building up a library of images documenting the City Park works. Visit www.bradford.gov.uk/citypark and click on the webcam page.
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