Newbury Weekly News - May 11th 2017

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Newbury Weekly News

NEWBURY VISION2026CONFERENCE

Bus station ‘sympathetic’ to its historic location

Proposed newterminalttheWharfwillprovide anenhanced gateway totown

How themainentrance tothenorthern sideofthestation would look

£6m facelift for railway site THIS is what Great Western Railway architects envisage Newbury train station will look like after £6m worth of improvements are made. ley said: “This scheme has been allocated by the Thames Valley Local Enterprise Partnership through the growth fund.

Report by DANCOOPER email dan.cooper@newbur ynews.co.uk twitter @danc_nwn

THESE images show what the Wharf will look like when the new bus station is built in Newbury. As part of the Market Street redevel- opment, flats will be built on the exist- ing bus station site. The current area in the Wharf is for coach parking, but this will be replaced with seven stands for buses to use. The concept designs, created by Newbury-based architect Sutton Grif- fin, were shown at the Newbury Vision conference at the Corn Exchange last week. West Berkshire Council’ s project manager, Jon Winstanley, said at the meeting: “This will provide a public transport interchange at the heart of the town, so we think that’s a good thing. “It is in a key and historic location, so the design needed to be sympathetic to its surroundings and needed to mirror the local architecture, ie the library and museum.” Mr Winstanley added that the current view “does not provide an overwhelming gateway to this impor- tant area of the town”. The work is scheduled to start in late autumn.

“The intention is to improve access and provide a gateway to Newbury. “The building is looking a little bit tired on the south side and the view from the north is not a particularly attractive entrance to the town. ” Depending on how the adja- cent Market Street development progresses, the station improve- ments could be delivered by 2021.

The revamp of the station will look at environmental improve- ments and enhancements, as well as possibly widening Station Road to provide addi- tional parking. The plans could also include improved bus stops, a taxi facil- ity and a possible pedestrian link over the station. West Berkshire Council’ s projects manager Jon Winstan-

How thenewbusstation willlook from thesouthern approach

Thecurrent view from thesouth oftheproposed bus station

How thenewbusstation willlook from thenorthern approach

Thecurrent view from thenorth oftheproposed bus station

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