Site selected
Broadway Shopping Parade, The Crescent (Off Valley Road) Swinton
This scheme sought to address accessibility issues at the Broadway Shopping Parade in Swinton and to improve the overall appearance of the area.
Identified site issues
The shops, with flats above, are set around a crescent roadway. The buildings are set at differing floor levels and at a lower ground level to the highway. This results in various sets of steps and ramps, which made routes through the site difficult, particularly for disabled shoppers or people with pushchairs. The existing walls and surfacing around the site were unattractive and the landscaped areas lacked in visual interest.
Details of proposal
The proposed scheme sought to improve routes through the site. The scheme also looked to remove some of the visual clutter created by the existing retaining walls and to provide additional landscaping at the shopping centre to improve its appearance.
The above concept design was developed, and a period of consultation took place with local residents and stakeholders. Feedback was incorporated into the final design and the scheme was completed late February 2023.
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Results
This scheme has now been successfully completed.
This has included the provision of improved and widened footways, the omission and selective replacement of walls to open up the site, new ramps and steps and soft landscaping works.
Ward councillors have also used funding from the Swinton Rockingham Ward budget to purchase a new CCTV system for the area.
For more information on the scheme please contact the Swinton Rockingham Neighbourhood Coordinators:
Neighbourhood Coordinator - Lucy Reader
Email: lucy.reader@rotherham.gov.uk
Telephone: 01709 334604
Senior Neighbourhood Coordinator - Nicola Hacking
Email: nicola.hacking@rotherham.gov.uk
Telephone: 01709 254 376