Edgar Street Grid
Redevelopment project in Hereford, England
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The Edgar Street Grid is a redevelopment project in the north of Hereford, England. Its estimated to cost almost £1 billion and intended to restore the city as a key shopping and business destination in the region. Construction was expected to start in 2010.
Zones
The project creates three distinct but interlinked zones [1]- the Retail/Leisure Quarter, on the council-owned 12.5-acre (51,000 m2) old livestock market;[2] the Civic Quarter, to contain a mix of public buildings, private offices, shops and restaurants; and the new Blackfriars Urban Village, where around 800 new homes will be built.[3] A centrepiece to the regeneration will be a new canal basin at the end of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal, which is currently undergoing restoration.
Cancellation
The project was officially scrapped in July 2010, despite over £10 million having been already spent. [4]