Find out more about the work we are doing to improve the area between Union Street and Fleet Street.
The Town Centre Public Realm is more commonly known to some as the GPO roundabout. It is located between Union Street and Fleet Street.
Due to how the space is currently designed, the layout disconnects the two main shopping areas and ‘bookends’ the high street, rather than encouraging pedestrians to flow through the town centre.
By investing in the area, we can:
At the end of 2022, we ran a public consultation on five concept ideas. The purpose of the consultation was to understand how you currently use the space, and what things are important for you that we need to consider as part of the design process.
We have a budget of £600,000 of Towns Funding to make the improvements.
Improvements proposed for this area will:
This will help to:
Public consultation on five concept ideas took place between 8 December 2022 and 8 January 2023.
Using the feedback, we received during the public consultation we have been working on a design that suits shoppers, businesses, transport providers, emergency service partners and highways teams.
The next step in this project which we hope to have underway by the end of 2023 is to select and appoint a contractor.
Once a contractor has been selected and we know the project can be delivered within the budget we will start to make changes to the area.