Edgar Street Grid
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2009) |
 | This article needs to be updated. (November 2020) |
The Edgar Street Grid is a redevelopment project in the north of Hereford, England, estimated to cost almost £1 billion and intended to restore the city as a key shopping and business destination in the region. Work was expected to start in 2010.
Zones
[edit]The project creates three distinct but interlinked zones [1]- the Retail/Leisure Quarter, on the council-owned 12.5-acre (51,000 m2) old livestock market;[2] the Civic Quarter, to contain a mix of public buildings, private offices, shops and restaurants; and the new Blackfriars Urban Village, where around 800 new homes will be built.[3] A centrepiece to the regeneration will be a new canal basin at the end of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, which is currently undergoing restoration.
Project Cancellation.
[edit]The project was officially scrapped in July 2010, despite over £10 million having been already spent. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hereford map is a step in the right direction". Hereford Times. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Hereford Cattle Market Redevelopments". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Hereford's urban village". Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Edgar Street Grid project scrapped". Hereford Times. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2024.