Multi-million pound Warrington transformation takes “great move forward” with latest planning decision

A new multi-storey car park to support Warrington’s £107m Bridge Street Regeneration Scheme has been approved.

Warrington & Co., the town’s urban regeneration partnership, has confirmed that construction work on the car park is expected to start later this year.

Once complete in mid-2017, the Warrington Bridge Street Quarter car park will offer space for around 1,200 vehicles across eight-levels.

Discussing the planning decision, Warrington council leader Cllr Terry O’Neill said: “The new car-park is an integral and highly important part of the Bridge Street Regeneration Project as it will underpin and support the whole scheme.

“Its approval is another great move forward for the regeneration of the town centre.”

The Bridge Street Regeneration Scheme is expected to create 400 jobs in the retail, leisure, and restaurant sectors when complete in 2019.

Development director David Burkinshaw of Muse Developments, the company behind the town centre transformation, commented: “Securing detailed planning for the multi-storey car-park is good news for the Scheme and will facilitate the construction of this next phase later in the year.”