Widespread pavement repairs for Colchester City Centre
Repairs will make the city centre safer and more accessible for visitors and shoppers.
Colchester will benefit from extensive footway renewals as part of ongoing efforts to revitalise the city centre.
Repairs will take place from October 2024 to March 2025 and focus on damaged pavements in high footfall locations. This includes:
- Culver Street West
- Sir Issac's Walk
- High Street
- Trinity Street
Repairs will involve replacing and resetting slabs and regrouting and sealing pavements, with the overall aim of ensuring footways last longer.
The majority of works will take place overnight between 7pm and 5am to minimise disruption. Traffic management measures will be set up to help keep pedestrians and Essex Highways crews safe.
The repairs are being delivered by Essex County Council and Colchester City Council, funded by a £300,000 reallocation from the Department for Transport’s HS2 budget and £50,000 from Colchester City Council.
Councillor Tom Cunningham, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport at Essex County Council, said: “Pavement renewals reflect our commitment to enhancing Colchester’s public spaces and encouraging active travel. This will make the city safer, greener and healthier for everyone who lives, visits and works here.
“The footway improvements will not only address immediate issues – they will contribute to the broader ongoing efforts to revitalise Colchester’s City Centre.”
Councillor David King, Leader of Colchester City Council, said: “I’m pleased to see these long-needed and essential pavement repairs taking place, as they are a key part of our broader strategy to revitalise Colchester City Centre.
“Working with our partners to enhance our public spaces makes them more enjoyable and attractive to shoppers, visitors and residents. Renewal adds further momentum to our transformation of Colchester and will help ensure our city centre thrives as a welcoming place for all.”
Provisional dates for pavement repairs in Colchester are as follows:
- High street – 6 October to 17 October 2024
- Trinity Street – 20 October to 1 December 2024
- Vint Crescent – 2 December to 13 December 2024
- Sir Issacs Walk – 6 January to 14 February 2025
- Culver Street West – 17 February to 29 March 2025