Thursday, August 6 2009
A Victorian garden square in Southend-on-Sea, which in its present form discourages visitors and often attracts anti-social behaviour, is to be transformed by a multi-disciplinary team that includes transport planner JMP.
The aspiration of the team, led by landscape architect Gillespies and appointed by Renaissance Southend and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, is to turn the square and surrounding roads into a valuable green public space for residents, businesses, visitors and students.
Warrior Square Gardens is a key project for Southend and the Thames Gateway partners.and the park works are currently out to tender. The expansion of public spaces and public realm developments to support regeneration of the High Street is crucial to establishing central Southend as a Regional Centre.
JMP, commissioned for traffic/transport and civil/structural works, is identifying the traffic implications of introducing shared use facilities for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists and developing engineering solutions sympathetic to the immediate environment.
JMP has considerable expertise in designing and constructing high quality public realm in congested urban environments with such projects in London such as the Duke of York Headquarters and Aldgate Union City Park.