On Thursday 12 September 2024, representatives from Broxbourne Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council, the MP for Broxbourne and contractor Danaher & Walsh, gathered to mark the beginning of the Waltham Cross Town Centre Regeneration works.
The first phase of the project will focus on creating an elegant, contemporary design throughout the town centre, comprising high quality paving, new street furniture and lighting, seating and landscaped play areas. The work will significantly transform the look and feel of the town centre, updating the outdated redbrick walkway to modern light grey paving which will complement the recently developed Queen Eleanor Square. New pedestrian crossings along Monarchs Way will be created to allow for easier access into the town centre from adjacent areas. The highway improvements will also mean the closure of the dated and unwelcoming underpass that links the town centre with nearby Stanhope Road and other neighbouring areas.
In a bid to help promote a greater sense of safety and further opportunities to improve the nighttime economy, the road through the town centre will be reopened for limited traffic.
Leader of the Council, Councillor Mark Mills-Bishop said:
Today marks a very special occasion because the rejuvenation work for Waltham Cross town centre is starting. When we come back in a year’s time, I have no doubt that the area will be beautiful and much more inviting, mirroring the Council’s corporate priority of creating a Beautiful Broxbourne for all to enjoy.
Councillor Steve Wortley, Cabinet Member for Growth and Regeneration, said:
This is one of the biggest projects to have taken place in the Borough in a very long time. It is one that comes from a vision of creating a more welcoming, vibrant and enviable location to live, visit, and work.
The final designs for the town centre development were created following consultation with members of the public and were made possible by a successful bid for Government funding.
The town centre regeneration works are expected to be completed in autumn 2025.
To find out more about the Waltham Cross town centre regeneration project visit www.broxbourne.gov.uk/WXRegeneration