Town hall bosses were today considering plans for a dramatic £273m transformation of Salford Crescent.
The proposals would see the area completely regenerated over the next decade.
Salford council intends to apply for public funding to make the area a major visitor attraction.
They plan to:
- Regenerate Peel Park, the country’s first public park and an inspiration to LS Lowry;
- Create 3,500 jobs through a new business quarter;
- Demolish and redevelop the former police headquarters on the Crescent.
The square kilometre of Salford, bordering Manchester city centre, would see more than a quarter of a billion pounds worth of new development, including housing, offices and public spaces.
A new residential district, designed as a ‘modern interpretation’ of traditional terrace streets, would be built south of the A6 on land currently owned by Salford University.
New office blocks are planned for the area around Frederick Street.
Salford council wants to raise the district’s profile, while also signposting major Manchester tourist attractions down the road.
The masterplan incorporates the university’s existing redevelopment plans, as well current traffic calming on Chapel Street and improvements to Salford Crescent railway station.
The council’s vision says the city has bounced back with the regeneration of Salford Quays and MediaCity – dubbing the new plans the ‘next piece in the jigsaw’.
It adds: “The Crescent area will become a distinctive new neighbourhood. It will provide quality leisure business and learning opportunities that will enhance its existing heritage assets and take full advantage of the proximity of Manchester and Salford city centres.”
Next year, the council wants to set up a friends’ group for Peel Park, which the masterplan dubs an ‘underused oasis’. It would also set up a working party to obtain public funding for its regeneration.
The former police headquarters would be demolished and replaced with green space or car parking in the short term, with plans to build three blocks for cultural or business use in the long term.
Salford museum and art gallery would be transformed into a ‘nationally significant museum of social history’ as part of a bid to create a destination for ‘leisure and learning’. If approved today, the plans will go out to public consultation on November 7 for six weeks.
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What tourists would want to come and be stuck in a traffic jam?
Here come the moans about the road!
For a Council who screams they have no money and cuts frontline services, it's amazing how they can find money like this.
Seems like Liebour's priorities are the usual twisted self.
Oh joy!
Fix the railway station first. I'm sure it was sufficient for original plans but it's not really fit for purpose anymore.
Great if it can be done. Strangely the one thing that is vital is to bring in new houses. Peel Park's problem for many years now has been that it is very underused because there aren't that many people living close by.We must make sure that pedestrian access from the Salford Central Redevelopment ( Precinct and Broadwalk) area is more attractive than it is now. Don't forget that in the 1890's more than a million people visited Peel Park every year!-- Royston Futter- Salford
What's that saying about there being no point in trying to polish something that won't respond to polish?
Sounds interesting. At least SCC are trying to make the area better.
"Signposting major Manchester tourist attractions down the road" seems a bit expensive at £273m.
Besides, thanks to another pearl of wisdom of Salford City Council, nobody will be able to get to there due to the transport hell that is the all-new A6 with reduced capacity!
This redevelopment is coming at a price. The price is the strangulation of the A6 on the crescent.
The A6 was originally build by the Romans near 2000 years ago. They built it to travel in and out of Manchester quickly.
On the back of that transport link Manchester has grown and thrived.
What the council is trying to do with the A6 is push back 2000 years of progress.
If people cant get in or out of Manchester, they will eventually go elswhere.
If you work in manchester, I pitty you, but people will begin to get jobs in other locations.
If you shop in manchester the answer is clear - go to The Trafford Center, Bolton, The Rebock, Warrington Gemini. The council don't want you in Manchester!
Possibly not the best of ideas to restrict traffic flow then if you're trying to encourage people back to the area? Oops.
"Salford council intends to apply for public funding to make the area a major visitor attraction."
Ok they have now totally lost the plot. How many more years or hellish disruption will this cause and for what gain?
Such a pity that nobody will be able to go there because the Council has reduced the capacity of the road!
and salfords been telling the gullible public they had no money,,,,, it cant be all coming from central government ,,, this nice wad must have slipped behind the filing cabinet
Also re-open Canal Street to it's old width!
Will a ‘modern interpretation’ of traditional terrace streets be another version of Langworthy's Chimney Pot Park I wonder? Also will it be a truly 'mixed' development that people on all incomes can afford?... If the likes of Urban Splash orchestrate any new building projects here, then they really do need to remember who actually lives in this area - not who 'might' live in this area. In reality the ideas of gentrification amonst these developers are not always as wide-spread as they would like it to be in their utopian little planning world, especially in this recession.
If Salford Council are so keen to regenerate the area and play up its history, why have they slashed the grant they give to the Working Class Movement Library which is in Jubilee House on The Crescent?
Why does this need public money?
Can put lipstick on a pig but is STILL a pig! Looks fine enough. Let the university do its thing etc, but NO Salford City funding.
Firstly, this is not about the A6/Crescent/Chapel Street. Yes, the road is a pain in the arse but it is not about the road!
As one of a handful of residents that actually lives in the Crescent area this is a welcomed piece of news. The mismatch of buildings need some cohesion, new buildings and residential homes is extremely welcoming, there is a large quantity buildings that required demolishing, including Salford University’s Maxwell Building, the former Police Station and the Auction house, lets hope it includes the resitting of Manchester Tippers, which will allow the canal to be re-opened.
One of my concerns is Peel Park, with the University being granted planning permission to build a student village on it, what will be left for the local and surrounding resident (Peel Park was given to the corporation now Salford City Council and not to the University, who need to be reminded that it is a public space). As previously mentioned better access, lighting and a rejuvenation of some lost features are desperately required. One solution to the University lies with a strip of land on the Trinity Way facing the Irwell – perfect for a new student village, teaching facilities, shops and café’s. Lets not forget the issue of student parking, Salford University please build a multi-story car par and give the streets back to the residents.
Salford Crescent Rail Station is now inadequate for the number of passengers travelling it needs a rethink! Lets hope a new station is included in the big spend.
Firstly, this is not about the A6/Crescent/Chapel Street. Yes, the road is a pain in the arse but it is not about the road!
As one of a handful of residents that actually lives in the Crescent area this is a welcomed piece of news. The mismatch of buildings need some cohesion, new buildings and residential homes is extremely welcoming, there is a large quantity buildings that required demolishing, including Salford University’s Maxwell Building, the former Police Station and the Auction house, lets hope it includes the resitting of Manchester Tippers, which will allow the canal to be re-opened.
One of my concerns is Peel Park, with the University being granted planning permission to build a student village on it, what will be left for the local and surrounding resident (Peel Park was given to the corporation now Salford City Council and not to the University, who need to be reminded that it is a public space). As previously mentioned better access, lighting and a rejuvenation of some lost features are desperately required. One solution to the University lies with a strip of land on the Trinity Way facing the Irwell – perfect for a new student village, teaching facilities, shops and café’s. Lets not forget the issue of student parking, Salford University please build a multi-story car par and give the streets back to the residents.
Salford Crescent Rail Station is now inadequate for the number of passengers travelling it needs a rethink! Lets hope a new station is included in the big spend.
Firstly, this is not about the A6/Crescent/Chapel Street. Yes, the road is a pain in the arse but it is not about the road!
As one of a handful of residents that actually lives in the Crescent area this is a welcomed piece of news. The mismatch of buildings need some cohesion, new buildings and residential homes is extremely welcoming, there is a large quantity buildings that required demolishing, including Salford University’s Maxwell Building, the former Police Station and the Auction house, lets hope it includes the resitting of Manchester Tippers, which will allow the canal to be re-opened.
One of my concerns is Peel Park, with the University being granted planning permission to build a student village on it, what will be left for the local and surrounding resident (Peel Park was given to the corporation now Salford City Council and not to the University, who need to be reminded that it is a public space). As previously mentioned better access, lighting and a rejuvenation of some lost features are desperately required. One solution to the University lies with a strip of land on the Trinity Way facing the Irwell – perfect for a new student village, teaching facilities, shops and café’s. Lets not forget the issue of student parking, Salford University please build a multi-story car par and give the streets back to the residents.
Salford Crescent Rail Station is now inadequate for the number of passengers travelling it needs a rethink! Lets hope a new station is included in the big spend.
Firstly, this is not about the A6/Crescent/Chapel Street. Yes, the road is a pain in the arse but it is not about the road!
As one of a handful of residents that actually lives in the Crescent area this is a welcomed piece of news. The mismatch of buildings need some cohesion, new buildings and residential homes is extremely welcoming, there is a large quantity buildings that required demolishing, including Salford University’s Maxwell Building, the former Police Station and the Auction house, lets hope it includes the resitting of Manchester Tippers, which will allow the canal to be re-opened.
One of my concerns is Peel Park, with the University being granted planning permission to build a student village on it, what will be left for the local and surrounding resident (Peel Park was given to the corporation now Salford City Council and not to the University, who need to be reminded that it is a public space). As previously mentioned better access, lighting and a rejuvenation of some lost features are desperately required. One solution to the University lies with a strip of land on the Trinity Way facing the Irwell – perfect for a new student village, teaching facilities, shops and café’s. Lets not forget the issue of student parking, Salford University please build a multi-story car par and give the streets back to the residents.
Salford Crescent Rail Station is now inadequate for the number of passengers travelling it needs a rethink! Lets hope a new station is included in the big spend.