Consultation opens on plans to turn Trafford's Civic Quarter into 'rejuvenated, well-connected neighbourhood’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA public consultation has been launched for Trafford residents to have their say regarding modifications to regeneration plans within a popular area in the heart of the borough.
The Civic Quarter Area Action Plan (CQAAP) covers 55 hectares, including Trafford Town Hall, Lancashire Cricket Club and the former Greater Manchester Police HQ site on Chester Road.
The plans for the area include up to 4,000 new homes, new leisure facilities, improved cycle and pedestrian routes and a ‘processional route’ between the cricket club and Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium. READ MORE: Former solicitors office in Old Trafford to be turned into more than 100 apartments The proposals also include the redevelopment of the former B&Q site on Great Stone Road in Stretford and the continued support of Lancashire Cricket Club as an international sporting venue, which is currently already undergoing redevelopment work.
There would also be the creation of new offices, a refurbished Stretford Leisure Centre and new hotels, cafes, bars and restaurants to ‘meet market demand’.
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