{"id":78080,"date":"2020-06-24T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=78080"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T08:13:43","slug":"70m-northgate-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/70m-northgate-scheme\/78080\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction work begins on Chester\u2019s \u00a370m Northgate scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheshire and West Chester Council<\/a> agreed to continue with funding for the Northgate scheme to ensure Chester bounces back from the pandemic and to create jobs and drive the economy<\/h2>\n<p>The Northgate scheme is part of <a href=\"http:\/\/chester.westcheshiregrowth.co.uk\/projects\/one-city-plan\/#:~:text=Chester's%20One%20City%20Plan%3A,activity%20into%20Chester%20city%20centre.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chester&#8217;s One City Plan<\/a>, Chester Northgate is a new cultural and leisure destination. This will create jobs and drive the economy<\/p>\n<p>Set to open in early 2022 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/chester-northgate-plans\/62580\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the scheme<\/a> will include an arched arcade from the former library frontage into a new public square, an indoor market hall, relocated from the Forum, a six-screen cinema, cafes and restaurants, co-working office spaces and a multi-storey car park to replace the Market car park which will close once Northgate is completed.<\/p>\n<p>The council is working with its contractor <a href=\"https:\/\/vinci-construction.com\/en\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinci Construction<\/a>\u00a0to ensure the project is built following government guidance on social distancing and construction site working.<\/p>\n<p>Chester Northgate is the most significant development in Chester for decades and has been designed to transform the city\u2019s historic core, supporting the whole city to thrive. It is the next phase in the regeneration of the entire Northgate area following the creation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storyhouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storyhouse<\/a> cultural centre in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-78084 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/61933_600_northgatepublicsquare-1-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"613\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/61933_600_northgatepublicsquare-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/61933_600_northgatepublicsquare-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>A boost for the economy<\/h3>\n<p>Councillor Richard Beacham, cabinet member for housing, regeneration and growth, said: \u201cChester\u2019s Northgate development will breathe new life into our city, taking old inefficient buildings like the market and replacing them with something that is fit for purpose, both for traders and for customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supporting local business and creating new spaces for people to come together, spend time and learn new things in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-roadmap-to-recovery\/76951\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post-Covid world<\/a> is exactly what Northgate is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTown centres are in the midst of big change and Covid-19 has accelerated this process. If we want to support the city centre by attracting more visitors, if we want more people to be living in the city, if we want to give Storyhouse the setting that it deserves and if we love the market and want it to become an even bigger part of what it means to be in Chester, then Northgate is the future for all of these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/garry-bowker-vinci\/71461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garry Bowker<\/a>, regional director for the Northwest of Vinci, said: \u201cDespite the challenges of working during this pandemic, we are doing all we can to ensure our staff, contractors and suppliers can work efficiently and safely; we are extremely excited about starting on site and seeing the Northgate scheme come to fruition so that we can play our part in helping to boost the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Council agreed to continue with funding for the Northgate scheme to ensure Chester bounces back from the pandemic and to create jobs and drive the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[13038,676,54592,997,908,579,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-78080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-development","11":"tag-economy","12":"tag-infrastructure","13":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction work begins on Chester\u2019s \u00a370m Northgate scheme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Council agreed to continue with funding for the Northgate scheme to ensure Chester bounces back from the pandemic and to create jobs and drive economy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/70m-northgate-scheme\/78080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction work begins on Chester\u2019s \u00a370m Northgate scheme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Council agreed to continue with funding for the Northgate scheme to ensure Chester bounces back from the pandemic and to create jobs and drive economy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/70m-northgate-scheme\/78080\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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