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Taylor Young appointed to revise Widnes Waterfront masterplan

Source: Widnes Waterfront

Widnes Waterfront Regeneration Ltd has appointed Taylor Young to update the Masterplan and Delivery Strategy for the 200 acre former industrial area in South Widnes that will create over 2,700 jobs on completion.

The revised masterplan will look at ways to utilise the remaining undeveloped sites, taking the programme up to 2012/13. Taylor Young will be advised by the BE Group on economic development issues and Faber Maunsell on ground conditions, transportation and flood risk.

Four years after the original masterplan was created, Widnes Waterfront has been transformed with over 285,000 sq ft of office and industrial space constructed. Developments already complete include Forward Point, Easter Park and Turnstone Business Park with plans for a £10m leisure complex by Widnes Regeneration Limited well underway.

Councillor Rob Polhill Deputy Leader Halton Borough Council, said “The Widnes Waterfront scheme has moved on considerably since the first Masterplan was developed in 2004. We have now completed several schemes with many more in the pipeline so now is a good time for us to look at what we have already achieved and decide how best to go forward into the future.”

Jim Fox, Director at Taylor Young, said: “Even in midst of the credit crunch, Widnes Waterfront has the potential in the medium to long term to be transformed as an exciting riverside employment and leisure led mixed use area, building on successes already achieved and the huge potential offered by proposals for the Mersey Gateway crossing immediately to the west.”

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