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Scheme to link Gloucester city centre and quays gets underway
Published: 2010-02-05 10:06:24
Work is about to start on the next stage of the £7million Gloucester Linkages project.
Contractors Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering will begin work on site towards the end of the month. (Sourced from Stroud news and Journal.)
The project will connect Gloucester city centre with the historic docks and the Gloucester Quays development.
It will improve walking and cycling routes between the two areas and will better direct traffic around the city.
Gloucestershire County Council is responsible for £2.1 million worth of improvements along the Kimbrose Triangle and Southgate Street section.
The council’s project will involve laying high quality paving between the County Court at Kimbrose Triangle and the existing pedestrianised section of Southgate Street at its junction with Longsmith Street.
At Kimbrose Way a public square is to be introduced which vehicles will be permitted to pass through under a shared space concept where drivers will be expected to give way to pedestrians.
Southgate Street from Kimbrose Triangle up to Longsmith Street will become a pedestrianised area, but Park & Ride buses will continue to operate here.
In order for the structural changes to take place, temporary traffic management will need to be in place while the work is carried out
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