Huge Waltham Cross regeneration project is officially under way

A town centre ceremony marked the beginning of ‘one of the biggest projects’ in Waltham Cross, with improvements expected to be completed by autumn next year.

Representatives from Broxbourne Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council, the MP for Broxbourne and contractor Danaher & Walsh gathered to mark the beginning of the Waltham Cross town centre regeneration works.

Leader of the Council Councillor Mark Mills-Bishop said: “When we come back in a year’s time, I have no doubt that the area will be beautiful and much more inviting, mirroring the Council’s corporate priority of creating a beautiful Broxbourne for all to enjoy.”

The first phase of the project will focus on creating an elegant, contemporary design throughout the town centre, comprising high quality paving, new street furniture and lighting, seating and landscaped play areas. The work will significantly transform the look and feel of the town centre, updating the outdated red brick walkway to modern light grey paving which will complement the recently developed Queen Eleanor Square.

The highway improvements will allow for easier access into the town centre and mean the closure of the dated and unwelcoming underpass that links the centre with nearby Stanhope Road and other neighbouring areas. The road through the town centre will also be reopened to increase nighttime economy opportunities.

Councillor Steve Wortley, Cabinet Member for Growth and Regeneration, said: “This is one of the biggest projects to have taken place in the borough in a very long time.

“It is one that comes from a vision of creating a more welcoming, vibrant and enviable location to live, visit and work.”

The final designs for the town centre development were created following consultation with members of the public and were made possible by a successful bid for government funding.

To see what the town centre will look like once completed, visit www.broxbourne.gov.uk/WXRegeneration