Contract awarded for the Market Place project in Cleethorpes

Mid-May will see the start of works to create a new improved Market Place in Cleethorpes.

Funded by Government, the changes to Market Place have been designed by landscape architects, Gillespies. The scheme will be built by locally-based CR Reynolds, who have won the construction tender.

Work has been done in the background to finish some of the detailed designs ready for construction to start. This includes finishing the designs to change the road layout to modern safety standards, and widening some of the paths to make sure they’re suitable for wheelchairs, prams and buggies.

There is a flexible space in the middle of the Market Place that can be used for markets, events or for spill out space from the surrounding cafes, bars and restaurants. Permanent seating has also been included in the design.

New car parking spaces have also been opened up at the rear of the Old Vic pub, which is just a few minutes’ walk away. The Market Place area will also have dedicated bays for blue badge holders.

The work to the Market Place scheme will begin on Monday 18 May. The first part of the works will involve setting up the site for the contractor. This will take a few days, but will remove the public parking from the centre of the site from the start.

There will be traffic management in the area with the first major piece of work being to temporarily close Cross Street to vehicles so that this area can be worked on.

Vehicles will be able to access Market Place from St Peters Avenue, exiting at Market Street or Osborne Street.

Access to Cosgrove Street will be from the southern end, Albert Road / De Lacy Lane. Entry to Cosgrove Street from Market Place will be closed for the duration of the project.

Please watch out for signs which will advise how to get around the area – this will change throughout the scheme as areas are finished.

All businesses in the area will remain open as normal.