Shrewsbury Integrated Transport Package Phase 2: Public Realm Enhancements

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Shropshire Council awarded a contract to McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd.

for the next phase of the Shrewsbury Integrated Transport Package, involving public realm enhancements at three sites in Shrewsbury town centre: Bellstone, Wyle Cop, and Mardol/Roushill/Mardol Head/Claremont Street.

The works included constructing new natural stone kerb lines to provide wider footways and new pedestrian crossing points, repaving footways with high-quality natural stone materials, altering existing drainage to suit new road layouts, carriageway resurfacing, and paving some carriageway areas with natural stone setts.

Trees were to be planted in urban tree pits at Bellstone and Mardol, and updated street furniture and traffic sign upgrades were proposed at all sites.

Works were due to commence in March 2019.

The contract value was AUD 2,119,000.