Church Street

Improvements to historic Romsey Town Centre now complete

Church Street in Romsey’s Town centre is now more attractive for visitors and shoppers thanks to a £0.5 million improvement scheme funded through Hampshire County Council’s and Test Valley Borough Council’s capital programmes.

Councillor Seán Woodward, Hampshire County Council’s Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment, said;

Significant improvements involving raising the road level, widening the footways, and putting in new Yorkstone paving are now complete, making the whole area much easier to use.

Together with Test Valley Borough Council, we asked Romsey’s residents what improvements they thought were needed to improve access in and around the town centre and acted on their views. One of these was to install additional tactile paving to help those with a visual impairment to better navigate the new road layout.

Romsey is an important and vibrant market town, and this scheme has been designed to support the economic viability of Romsey’s historic centre by making it more attractive while improving accessibility. I hope everyone who visits or runs a business there will be pleased with the changes we’ve made.

Planning Policy and Transport Portfolio Holder at Test Valley Borough Council, Councillor Martin Hatley, added;

We were pleased to be able to work in partnership with Hampshire County Council to deliver these improvements, and the initial comments I have received from shoppers and traders about the enhancements have been very positive.

The improvement works have been carried out between Abbey Walk and the Market Place Roundabout involving highways and footways to improve the amenity of the town centre to encourage greater footfall.


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