Monday, January 4 2010
Transport planner JMP has designed the public highway and associated surface and foul drainage infrastructure for the first phase of a housing development on council-owned brownfield land close to Barking Town Centre.
Phase 1 of the 2.5 hectare William Street Quarter – which once housed tower blocks and was known as Lintons Estate - consists of three residential developments of three-storey town houses and a residential shared space access road.
The development occupies about a third of the site and total housing of around 460 one, two, three and four bedroom homes is envisaged when the masterplan is complete. There will also be a business centre, community facilities and parking for about 115 cars.
JMP has been working as part of a large design team appointed jointly by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the development manager First Base. JMP designed the civil engineering elements of the 170 metre shared surface access road in conjunction with the landscape architect Gillespies and is undertaking an independent Stage1/2 Road Safety Audit to supplement the final design layout.
Construction work is scheduled to begin in March with completion in 12 months.