City Centre Construction Update 13 December 2024
Above: an image of the newly installed benches attached to planters in the ‘meeting circle’ on Bridge Street.
Welcome to the weekly e-newsletter for the Bradford City Centre Walking and Cycling Improvements Scheme.
This edition includes everything you need to know about the Bradford City Centre Walking and Cycling Improvements Scheme for the coming days. We upload each weekly newsletter to the Future Bradford website. You can find copies of each e-newsletter on our news page if you would like to look back at previous editions.
Progress update
The main news this week is on the Bridge Street and Broadway paving. The installation of the footway and the completion of paving on the service road route (the route that authorised vehicles will take to access the pedestrianised areas) continues to uplift the area.
This work, as well as the paving around the recently installed planter, marks another step forward in creating a more accessible and visually appealing city centre.
Also on Bridge Street, wooden benches have been added along the recently installed planters, which will provide plenty of seating in the new ‘meeting circle’ area. Work in this area is nearing completion following significant progress in recent months.
Other Progress
The stepping stones, a prominent feature of the plans for Norfolk Gardens, are taking shape alongside ongoing paving work. The carriageway alongside City Hall has also been re-surfaced, and once fully complete will be accessible to authorised vehicles from Nelson Street.
The resurfacing of the turning head at the Hall Ings-Bank Street Junction is now complete, with traffic management measures due to be removed by the end of the week. This will provide access to the newly completed disabled parking spaces which are adjacent to Frankie’s and the former T&A building, as well as access into the city core streets for authorised vehicles.
Vehicles travelling towards the city centre on Hall Ings can park at The Broadway shopping centre, and on Drake Street. The newly completed disabled parking spaces adjacent to Frankie’s are also operational.
Above: an image of the resurfaced turning head at the Hall Ings-Bank Street Junction.
Reminders
As mentioned in a previous newsletter, Bradford Interchange will reopen on 5 January.
Preparations are underway to safely reopen the bus station upper concourse, including health and safety checks, staff training, deep cleaning, and relocation of the Travel Centre back to the bus station upper concourse.
Until the bus station upper concourse reopens on 5 January 2025, the following arrangements are in place:
Passengers can access the rail station via the bus station lower concourse entrance off Bridge Street. Passengers will be able to use the stairs, escalators or lift to access the rail station. The external access ramp to the train station will be temporarily closed for renovations until the new year.
This week's construction, traffic, and access updates
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Cycle Superhighway works are still taking place west of the Gratton Road Junction. This work has provided wider footpaths and introduced cycle lanes. New bus shelters have also been put in place for bus routes travelling out of the city centre.
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What: Work on the new central reservation on Godwin Street between Thornton Road and Jacobs Well.
Traffic management: Little Horton Lane is closed to all traffic at its junction with Godwin Street. Traffic travelling in either direction on Godwin Street is not permitted to use the new pedestrian super crossing to make a U-turn.
Why: This change will provide more space for bus stops and routes into the city and an additional bus lane on Godwin Street.
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What: At Jacobs Well, works are continuing around the former roundabout at Jacobs Well.
Traffic management: The dedicated Bus Lane on the southbound (outbound) carriageway will remain closed until the Interchange re-opens.
Why: This work has seen Jacobs Well roundabout become a super crossing.
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What: Work is complete on Croft Street and Senior Way and the new lanes are open to traffic. Work is now largely complete on Manchester Road.
Traffic management: There are no traffic management measures in place here.
Why: The works here are to create an additional lane on the gyratory section of Croft Street in each direction and a new cycleway on Manchester Road.
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What: We are nearing completion of works on both sides of Lower Kirkgate, to construct a new cycleway and footway.
Traffic management: Market Street is now closed to traffic at its junction with Kirkgate/Lower Kirkgate/Cheapside. The new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing is now in operation.
Why: The works here are to widen the junction to Canal Road, to allow for improved cycle lane provision, and build a new bus shelter. This work will also create a new crossing link into the city centre at Cheapside.
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What: The installation of new drainage, kerbs and new carriageway, cycleway and footways on Hall Ings is largely complete.
Traffic management: Well Street and the section of Vicar Lane between Great Cross Street and Hall Ings is only open to buses and authorised traffic and the new Cyclops junction at Well Street/Vicar Lane/Hall Ings/Leeds Road is now operational. Hall Ings is now permanently reduced to one lane of traffic westbound between the junction with Vicar Lane and the junction with Drake Street.
Why: The work on Well Street has re-opened the road as a bus route, while the work on Vicar Lane has allowed for the reconnection of Vicar Lane to Hall Ings via the new ‘CYCLOPS’ junction.
Find out more
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