Work begins on major Peterborough city centre regeneration project 'City Link'
Work has finally begun on a major regeneration of part of Peterborough city centre.
As of Thursday (May 28) work has begun close to the city’s underpasses at the Queensgate roundabout.
Initial groundworks have begun on the road to delivering a £65 million Station Quarter regeneration project.
This first phase will see the creation of a new pedestrian and cycle way, called City Link, that will transform the Queensgate roundabout and which will be a user-friendly route from the train station to Cowgate and the city centre.
Over the coming weeks, the two underpasses close to the roundabout will be closed and filled in with roughly 1,000 tonnes of concrete.
Once they have been filled in, pedestrians and cyclists will travel at ground-level to bypass the roundabout.
What is 'City Link?’
The Station Quarter development as a whole, will feature:
- A new western entrance that creates a double-sided station for improved accessibility from the west side of the city.
- A Multi-storey car park that will be located on the western side to support the new entrance.
- A new station square which will be a public area designed to be a gateway to the city.
- Refurbished eastern station buildings with improvements made to the existing station buildings on the city centre side.
- New pedestrian and cycle routes with a landscaped route, including a new link to replace the Cowgate underpass, connecting the station to the city centre and the Cathedral.
- Infrastructure improvements that will feature new junctions and drop-off points to reduce traffic congestion.