City Centre Construction Update 8 November 2024
Above: An image showing the Covid memorial rose bed in Norfolk Gardens.
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
Norfolk Gardens work gets underway
The main news this week is on Norfolk Gardens, where preparation work for new pedestrian and cycle paths has started. This work involves using reclaimed kerbs as part of a sustainable approach to create new city centre spaces.
Paths are also being surfaced with tarmac, which will then be finished with a resin bound gravel surface.
The Covid memorial rose bed has been relocated in the garden area to continue providing a peaceful space for reflection and remembrance.
Above: An image showing the Covid memorial rose bed in Norfolk Gardens.
Above: An image showing construction under way in Norfolk Gardens
Little Horton Lane area sees soft landscaping go in
Work in the Little Horton Lane area has made significant progress, where soft landscaping (meaning adding decorative elements like plants and grass) and stairs have been constructed.
The stairs, which lead up to the National Science and Media Museum, have handrails on both sides for accessibility, as well as step-free access. Once completed, the space will be more welcoming for all visitors.
The team have been hard at work to prepare this area in time for services at the Bradford Cenotaph to mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day.
Above: An image of the new soft landscaping and stairs in the Little Horton Lane area.
Above: An image of the Bradford Cenotaph.
Other Progress
More spaces continue to be opened in the city centre. Fencing in the area between St George’s Hall and Britannia House will be moved back slightly next week. Landscaping work will begin on the raised and ground level planters.
On Hall Ings and Bridge Street, a new resin bound gravel surface is being laid for the cycleway. This section of the cycleway will run from Moes Newsagents to the Jobcentre and be part of the overall cycleway route from Jacobs Well down Hall Ings through the new Norfolk Gardens park area.
The installation of bollards that can slide out of the way has been completed at the crossing of Nelson Street and Hall Ings. This will allow controlled vehicle access and ensure secure and safe entry for authorised vehicles to the Magistrates' Court and City Hall.
New cycle stands have been installed on Market Street, providing more convenient and secure parking options for cyclists in the area. More street furniture will be installed here in the coming weeks.
Above: An image of the new cycle stands on Market Street.
Reminders
Changes to permitted service and residential vehicles route
Map showing the new route that permitted service and residential vehicles must follow to access the city centre core between permitted hours, which is any time before 10:30am and any time after 4:30pm each day. Vehicles should enter the one-way system via gate B (from Leeds Road) and exit via gate A (towards Cheapside).
We would like to remind road users that the access route is currently operating a 7.5 tonne weight restriction for vehicles.
Update on the closure of Bradford Interchange bus station
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority announced that a target date of 5 January 2025 has been set for the re-opening of Bradford Interchange bus station.
Since Monday 28 October the lower concourse has been open, with lifts, escalators, and toilets now in operation.
Six of the 29 bus stands will remain out of use until at least April 2025, with some services continuing on-street. The rail station access ramp will close to allow for work to be carried out.
Click here for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's latest statement.
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Traffic management outside the core of the city centre has been and will continue to be removed where possible, as work has begun within the very core of the city centre. See below for a detailed summary of the latest updates about the works taking place around the city centre. If you would like to view any maps relating to where work is taking place, please click here.
Please do get in touch with us via our email address (info@future-bradford.co.uk) if you have any questions about the works taking place throughout the city centre.
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Cycle Superhighway works are still taking place west of the junction with Barry Street. 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 and the new pocket park at the bottom of Little Horton Lane continues.
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 within and around the former roundabout at Jacobs Well.
Traffic management: There will continue to be lane closures and traffic management around Jacobs Well.
Why: This work has seen Jacobs Well roundabout become a super crossing.
Click here for more details on Jacobs Well, Prince’s Way and City Park.
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What: Work is mostly complete on Croft Street and Senior Way and the new lanes are open to traffic. Works to install the new central reserve are nearing completion on Manchester Road with the finishing touches such as soft landscaping underway.
Traffic management: Occasional off-peak lane closures will continue on Manchester Road from Croft Street to Jacobs Well.
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.
Click here for more details on Senior Way, Croft Street and 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 will continue on Hall Ings.
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
You can find out more about the scheme on the Future Bradford website or by getting in touch using the details and links below.
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