Newcastle City Council has released computerised images of a pedestrianised Northumberland Street ahead of the completion of its redevelopment.
The road in Newcastle city centre has been undergoing extensive groundworks to pave the way for modernisation as part of a wider multi-million-pound transformation of the city centre.
Newcastle City, working with construction partner Taylor Woodrow and the utility companies has confirmed that the vital work to relocate or protect those connections has concluded.
Because of the work involved in this Newcastle stated that the overall programme has been slightly extended and is now due for completion by early 2026, although the majority of the works will be complete by the end of 2025.
Further phases of the transformation will see the installation of street furniture, planting and lighting.
Newcastle City Council cabinet member for economy, jobs and skills Dan Greenhough said: “Northumberland Street is the beating heart of the centre of Newcastle, and it deserves the visuals, features and attractions that mirror its status.
“It was always going to be a major challenge to conduct the works beneath the surface, and given its history – way back as a medieval thoroughfare for pilgrims travelling to Holy Island, and more recently as a stretch of the A1 – we were bound to be entering the unknown to a degree with centuries of history lying beneath the thousands of people accessing the street each day.
“I’d like to thank residents and businesses for their patience, and we can now look forward to seeing and experiencing a Northumberland Street that is befitting of its importance to Newcastle and the wider city region.”
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