Heart of Slough
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The Heart of Slough Project is an ambitious plan for the town centre redevelopment of Slough
, in Berkshire
. The aim is to create a leading European and national focus and cultural quarter for the creative media, information and communications industries. It will create a mixed-use complex, multi-functional buildings, visual landmarks and a public space in the Thames Valley
.
The new learning centre (The Curve) has still not started but is expected to do so in early 2012. The Thames Valley Square still hasn't started but is scheduled to do so by the end of 2011.
The new road system in Slough is starting to take place, still a long way to go but big progress is being made as of September 2011.
Designed by 'bblur' architecture, the new bus station is designed so that its colour changes with the weather.
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Slough
Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town straddles the A4 Bath Road and the Great Western Main Line, west of central London...
, in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
. The aim is to create a leading European and national focus and cultural quarter for the creative media, information and communications industries. It will create a mixed-use complex, multi-functional buildings, visual landmarks and a public space in the Thames Valley
Thames Valley
The Thames Valley Region is a loose term for the English counties and towns roughly following the course of the River Thames as it flows from Oxfordshire in the west to London in the east. It includes parts of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, North Hampshire, Surrey and west London...
.
Timeline
- Recommendations for the £400 million project have been approved, and planning approval was given by Slough Borough Council’s planning committee on 9 July 2009.
- In December 2009, 2 key components of the project were signed, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) signed its agreement to provide £11m of funding for the infrastructure of the scheme and Thames Valley University (TVU) courses which are due to remain in the town have found a new home at The Centre in Farnham Road, Slough
- As part of the Heart of Slough project construction work on the modern bus station will start on Monday, 29 March 2010 following weeks of demolition work to half of the existing bus station and the removal of Compair House near the train station; it is expected to be completed by January 2011.
Heart of Slough Updates
Slough's new Bus Station was opened in May 2011, 5 months behind schedule. But while that was under construction, work has begun all over the town, the new road works are well underway. Redevelopment of the train station (Network Rail site) started in the early weeks of August 2011 and are scheduled to be finished before the 2012 London Summer Olympic. The rest of the old Brunel bus station is being demolished.The new learning centre (The Curve) has still not started but is expected to do so in early 2012. The Thames Valley Square still hasn't started but is scheduled to do so by the end of 2011.
The new road system in Slough is starting to take place, still a long way to go but big progress is being made as of September 2011.
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Bus stationDesigned by 'bblur' architecture, the new bus station is designed so that its colour changes with the weather.
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