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New road and new park among plans for rapidly changing area
It’s an area of Bristol undergoing rapid range and with plenty more change still to come.
Much of St Philip’s Marsh still remains familiar from how it looked several decades ago but looming over the older buildings are brand new towers that will soon house thousands of students.
The continued change sees St Philip’s Marsh within the Bristol Temple Quarter area, with newly revealed plans “to create a sustainable, mixed-use neighbourhood with thousands of new homes and jobs, alongside new public spaces, community infrastructure, and industrial land”.
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Bristol Temple Quarter Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) – the company set up by Bristol City Council, Homes England and the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority – “to take charge of the programme” – has now published ideas for the future of the area.
Three different plans as part of a public engagement process which opened on Monday include the location of new green spaces and how to improve travel through the area.
Suggested ideas include a new road from St Philip’s Causeway over the railway line for use only by HGVs, a new park and dividing the area “to create a genuinely mixed-use development”.
A map showing the ’emerging character areas’ in St Philip’s Marsh – image: Bristol Temple Quarter LLP
Bristol Temple Quarter LLP CEO, Karen Mercer, said: “The Bristol Temple Quarter Limited Liability Partnership was created to drive change in Bristol in a coordinated and comprehensive way.
“The St Philip’s Marsh development offers a huge opportunity to deliver transformational growth in Bristol and will play a key role in the government’s national growth story.
“This is an exciting step for the project and is a great marker of our progress so far.”
West of England mayor Helen Godwin added: “Together with Brabazon, this is one of the most significant regeneration schemes in the country and I want local people to build whatever comes next.
“This is not just about supporting the growth of one city, it’s about transforming a site central to the whole of the West of England.
“The wider project will unlock long-term opportunity, jobs, investment and economic growth for people across our entire region.”
The public engagement process on “emerging ideas for change” is open until July 31. For more information and to take part, visit www.bristoltemplequarter.com/engagement/st-philips-marsh-engagement
Main photo: Martin Booth
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