Town centre market stallholders must move while contractors complete £16.2million high street improvement work.
As part of the Waltham Cross Renaissance project, stallholders who trade next to the Eleanor Cross in Waltham Cross on Wednesdays and Fridays will have to set up shop further south along High Street – between Queen Eleanor Square and the A1010 Monarchs Way roundabout.
Broxbourne Borough Council will make a temporary traffic regulation order to set aside space for the market, the authority’s cabinet agreed at a meeting on Tuesday, March 26.
“Some public benches in Queen Eleanor Square and outside Iceland may need to be temporarily moved to maximise space for the market stalls,” a report notes.
According to a project timeline, a construction site office will be set up in the Eleanor Cross area between April and June this year.
The main High Street work will begin in the summer of 2024.
A High Street Update sign in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, ahead of a Levelling Up Fund-backed regeneration project in the town centre.
Work in Eleanor Cross Road, including paving work at the Waltham Cross Bus Station, will take place between November 2024 and February 2025.
Broxbourne Borough Council has promised 5,100sq m of “public realm works” as part of the project in High Street and Eleanor Cross Road.
The pedestrianised parts of High Street and Eleanor Cross Road will be opened up to motor vehicles for a limited number of hours.
Waltham Cross town centre.
Broxbourne Borough Council has spent some of its budget planting a green wall in A121 Monarchs Way.
Some of the cash will go towards developing a Skills Hub, which “will provide training on digital skills to local people”, and a refurbished sports pavilion and a new skate park near the railway station.
Project funding worth £14.3m came from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.
A Broxbourne sign at Waltham Cross, on the London and Hertfordshire boundary.
Councillor Steve Wortley (Con, Hoddesdon North) is responsible for economic growth in Broxbourne.
He said: “This demonstrates this council’s commitment to addressing the diverse needs in Waltham Cross, making it a brighter and vibrant place to visit, encouraging sustainable transport.
“The temporary relocation of the market is a necessary step to facilitate construction.”
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