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14 Issue 61 • December 2022
CHANGING FACE OF WORCESTER
Work begins on new
walking and cycling bridge
The new Kepax
Bridge over the
River Severn is set to
improve Worcester’s
walking and cycling
infrastructure.
Worcester City Council and
Worcestershire County Council are
working in partnership to provide
this new walking and cycling bridge,
which will run between Gheluvelt
Park to the east of the river and
the Kepax site in St John’s to the
west, providing improved cycle and Work begins on the
Kepax Bridge project
pedestrian connectivity to the north
of the city. with both councils’ aims to improve next to the Hallow Recycling Centre,
Worcester’s walking and cycling the main construction work is due to
The bridge will make a difference infrastructure. get underway.
for commuters, local residents and
visitors, and is set to be completed With the site compound and offices Find out more: www.worcestershire.
in early 2024. This new facility ties in now in place in Gheluvelt Park and gov.uk/kepaxbridge.
City centre improvements to continue in the New Year
City centre streets are looking smarter, with the latest upgrades to
pavements and highway parking bays in Trinity Street now complete.
The programme has paused in the regeneration of the city centre, Streets Fund. The work to improve
run-up to Christmas, ready to re-start funded by £17.9 million from the pavements and surrounding
on 5 January in St Nicholas Street, Worcester City Council’s successful public realm is being delivered by
followed by The Foregate. bid to the Government’s Future High Worcestershire County Council.
The St Nicholas Street works will see
new pavements, and a replacement
low retaining wall with a handrail for
improved safety at the east end of
the street. All carriageways will be
resurfaced in a later phase.
Work at The Foregate will include
upgrades to footpaths and highway
parking bays.
Other areas already revamped include
Angel Row, Angel Place, St Swithin’s
Street, Trinity Passage and The Cross.
The programme, which will continue Refurbished cycle
into 2024, is part of the major sheds at The Cross
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