The regeneration of Hartlepool enters another important phase next week when work starts on 1m of im - Wednesday 06 February 2019

By Hartlepool Alert

The regeneration of Hartlepool enters another important phase next week when work starts on 1m of improvements to a key route in and out of the town. The work which is anticipated to be completed by early September will be carried out on Stockton Street between the Victoria Road and Park Road junctions. The project has been designed by Hartlepool Borough Councils inhouse Engineering Department and is funded by the Council and the Tees Valley Combined Authority. The work will be carried out by local firm Seymour Civil Engineering. Not only will it improve the appearance of this key road, creating a much better visual impression for people arriving in the town centre, it will also enhance the connection between the Church SquareChurch Street area where an Innovation and Skills Quarter is being developed and the rest of the town centre, which is on the other side of Stockton Street. The wall that currently runs along the central reservation of Stockton Street which creates a sense of separation between the Church Square area and the rest of the town centre will be removed and replaced with a decorative surface. Stockton Street will be given new paving and lighting and there will also be a new pedestrian guardrail between the road and pavement. To enhance pedestrian movement between Church Square and the rest of the town centre, the current twopart pelican crossing between Church Square and Wilkinsons corner will be replaced with a single crossing, so pedestrians will no longer be held up on a central pedestrian island between traffic light changes. There will also be improved access to Middleton Grange Shopping Centre through the creation of rightturn entry into the shopping centres multistorey car park from Stockton Street southbound currently the only access from Stockton Street is via the northbound carriageway. The right turn will be controlled by sensoroperated traffic lights. In addition, alterations will be made to the junction with Church Street and Clarence Road. The northbound sliproad onto Clarence Road and the southbound sliproad onto Church Street will be removed and replaced with left turns at the junction traffic lights. This will be safer for pedestrians, who will no longer have to cross the sliproads in addition to the main carriageways. The work will start on Monday 11 February and throughout its duration a temporary one lane system will be in operation on Stockton Street between the Victoria Road and Park Road junctions both northbound and southbound, so drivers are asked to please allow extra time for journeys along this route. While the work is being carried out, the Middleton Grange Shopping Centre and all the other businesses in the Stockton Street area will be open as normal.

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