Transforming Ellesmere Port Town Centre
The Council has successfully secured £13,378,478 from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities' Levelling Up Fund.
The project has three core elements
- Transformation of Ellesmere Port market hall
- Improved walking, wheeling and cycling links
- Bring forward sites for new housing
Timetable
- Government awards Ellesmere Port £13 million - February 2023
- Early planning stages - March 2023
- Consultation with market traders and shoppers - April / May 2023
- Car parking study carried out - May 2023
- Designs drawn for market hall improvements - Summer 2023
- Active travel route and plans public engagement - Autumn 2023
- Planning permission application - Autumn 2023
- Creation of safer crossings and trees in the main car park - Spring 2024
- Construction work starts enhancing the market hall building - Spring 2024
- Start of construction of new active travel route to the town centre - Spring 2024
- Completion of construction of new active travel route - Winter 2024
- Opportunity for new low carbon houses to be built - Summer 2025
- Market hall improvements completed - Summer 2025