Latest phase of transport upgrade will create more public open space
The New Year has ushered in the next stage of a major upgrade to transform the way everyone travels around Hull.
As well as delivering better connections for road users between the centre of Hull and the retail and docks area, the £355m A63 Castle Street scheme will create more open space for local communities.
Work is about to begin to take down the Myton Centre which will open up the area for planting and landscaping work, helping to connect the existing Jubilee Arboretum with William Street Park.
Highways England project manager Bernice Beckley said: “This is a really exciting time for the project, once the Myton Centre has been demolished we can landscape the area and open it up for the public.
“We are entering a significant new stage in this major scheme which will ease congestion, improve safety and enhance access to the port.”
The Castle Street scheme is a key part of Transport for the North’s strategic transport plan, and will see the construction of a junction by lowering the level of the A63 at the Mytongate junction.
In agreement with Hull City Council, Highways England purchased the three-storey Myton Centre as a replacement for land at Trinity Burial Ground.
The council has moved its staff and services to Lil Bilocca House on Porter Street.
Before the land can be used, the centre needs to be demolished, with work expected to take around one month. The inside of the building will be stripped today (Monday 4 January), with the demolition starting later in the week.
Meanwhile, work that began in November to strengthen the central reservation between Mytongate and Alfred Street, to allow for construction of an underpass and diversion of a large sewer, is about to resume.
The job was paused following feedback from residents and the council, so methods could be reviewed.
This work, which will take around four weeks, starts this week and will be done overnight because the A63 has to be closed eastbound and reduced to one lane westbound for safety.
