Information about the new Hereford City Link Road will be available at a drop-in event set to be held at the Starlight Rooms from 12noon on Tuesday June 14th.
When built the link road will enable around 800 homes to be built on the former Edgar Street Grid site.
The downside is that there will be much less parking close to the football ground.
This from Herefordshire Council:
Griffiths of Abergavenny announced
as contractor for City Link Road
The
regeneration of Hereford City takes another step forward with the
appointment of Alun Griffiths (Construction) for the construction of
the City Link Road (CLR).
Herefordshire
Council and Balfour Beatty Living Places evaluated the tenders
submitted through an open competitive tender process prior to the
awarding of the contract to Alun Griffiths.
Five
tenders were received for the contract and Griffiths was the best
overall bid.
Councillor
Philip Price, Cabinet Member Infrastructure:
“I
am happy to announce that Griffiths have been awarded the contract
for the road; they are a local company and it’s good for all of us
that we are employing a contractor who directly contributes to the
local economy through the employment of local people.”
Peter
Evans, Project Director, Alun Griffiths Construction Ltd added:
“Alun
Griffiths Contractors Ltd is once again very pleased to be associated
with Herefordshire County for the delivery of another prestigious
scheme within the city.
We
have, over many years, developed a close working relationship with
the county resulting in the successful delivery of significant
projects which have provided added value to the local economy.”
The
City Link Road will transform Hereford’s city centre, creating the
infrastructure to support 800 much needed new homes on the old Edgar
Street grid site. Construction will begin in July 2016 and will take
around 15 months to complete.
The
project will be officially presented at a community ‘drop in’
event which will be held at the Starlight Rooms, Hereford FC on
Tuesday 14 June from midday until 8pm. This event is open to anyone
who wants to know more about the project and meet the team.
This
event will be followed by another event for local residents and
businesses later in June.
The
CLR is funded through the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership’s
Growth Fund.