Work begins on new 600 space multi-storey car park in Telford
Work to build a new multi storey car park as part of the £250 million Southwater development will begin today.
For the construction of the car park, on the site of the old library and land bordering the box road, the left lane only along Coach Central will be closed from the junction with Grange Central to the Shopping Centre Bridge.
The new car park with space for at least 600 spaces will serve the Southwater development and its leisure facilities due to for completion in early 2014 and opening shortly after.
This work will also combine with the Council’s scheme to make the Telford Town Centre Box Road two-way. This summer, Telford & Wrekin Council secured £6.1 million of funding to support the scheme.
The lane closure will continue until the new car park opens early 2014. The first phase of work to turn sections of Coach Central and Grange Central two way are due to start in the coming months.
Council leader Kuldip Sahota said: “The next few weeks will be a very exciting time as the Southwater development really steps up another gear.
“We are about to go reach some very significant milestones on our journey to transform Southwater into the living beating heart that Telford town centre so badly needs.
“This project has for so many years been nothing more than drawings on maps that some people believed would never happen.
“We now it is and very soon we will see buildings going up as ours and partners vision for Southwater begins to become reality.
“We may have to bear with a little disruption as the work goes ahead but I am that everyone will agree that this will be a very small price to pay for the fantastic centre we are creating.”
