The Town Deal proposals to improve Long Eaton Town Centre are being unveiled online today.
The plans include:
• Remodelling High Street to make it a visitor attraction in its own right, with a new central square, architectural features, greenery, more seating, and features to celebrate the local furniture industry and local celebrity Dame Laura Knight.
• Widening the pavements along Tamworth Road and Market Place from Broad Street / Salisbury Street to Oxford Street.
• Providing new dedicated Blue Badge parking on the old back-market and in existing car parks, and improving access from parking areas to shopping streets.
• Proposals to celebrate Long Eaton’s globally important upholstery industry include street furniture in the design of sofas and armchairs, whilst groundbreaking war artist Dame Laura Knight, who was born on Union Street, is to be the subject of a featured trail.
The aim of the improvements, which are funded by the UK Government, sponsored by Erewash Borough Council, managed by Derbyshire County Council, and designed by leading highway engineers Galliford Try and BWB, is to make the town centre a more attractive place to visit and spend time in.
That, in turn, is expected to not only improve the viability of existing town centre businesses but also help attract the new generation of high street entrepreneurs needed to serve Long Eaton into the future.
