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PUBLIC GETS CHANCE TO AIR VIEWS ON CITY’S UNI PLANS
THREE projects that include a new university building and changes to the road layout in Durham City will be unveiled later this month.
Durham University is proposing to build a new mathematical sciences and computer science building within its Upper Mountjoy campus.
It will include teaching and staff offices and a entrepreneurial hub.
The project is part of the university’s 10-year strategy that will see it increase student numbers up to 21,500 by 2027.
The university is proposing a new pedestrian route to the east of South Road, between the Mount Oswald site and the New Inn junction; a second vehicular entrance to the Mountjoy site via Hollingside Lane; and a new car park at Upper Mountjoy, which will cancel any loss of existing parking spaces at other university sites under consideration for development.
And Durham County Council is proposing to widen the footpath on Church Street to three metres in places by reducing the width of the road.
There would also be changes to parking on the street, the relocation of a bus stop and some changes to the Boyd Street junction.
Further details on the three projects will be on display at a public consultation on April 26.
Details of planned improvements to the New Inn junction will also be on show.
Dave Wafer, the council’s strategic traffic manager, said: “The footpath on Church Street is very narrow and given the sheer number of pedestrians who use it, we have come up with these proposals which would see it widened.
“We would encourage people to come along and find out more about what we are looking to do and we look forward to holding further consultation with local residents in due course.”
The public exhibition will be held at the Palatine Centre, Durham University between noon and 7pm.
Further opportunity to comment on the plans will be available online at www.durham.ac.uk/estatesdevelopments
We would encourage people to come along and find out more about what we are looking to do Dave Wafer