£2million revamp package unveiled for Archway
A £2million regeneration package for Archway - including a new public space and more work towards removing the gyratory - has been unveiled by Islington Council
.The seven-point action plan has been drawn up following consultation with local residents and businesses, and includes:
* £250,000 for feasibility work and consultation to help bring the removal of Archway gyratory a step closer
* £500,000 for public space improvements at Archway Close and Flowers Mews
* £400,000 to replace and improve old shopfronts in Archway
* £100,000 for initiatives to help boost local business, through the Archway Town Centre Management Group
* £100,000 for business support in Archway and other Islington town centres
* £50,000 to help bring a derelict building back into use as a 200-seat Community Arts Theatre for the Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing
* £200,000 for arts initiatives in Archway as part of Creative Islington's Animating Communities initiative.
Cllr Paul Convery, Islington Council's executive member for planning, renegeration and transport, said: "We're committed to the regeneration of Archway, which is a great area but faces significant challenges.
"We will also carry out more vital preliminary work to bring this much-needed work a step closer."
Hak Huseyin, chairman of the Archway Town Centre Management Group, said: "I'm really happy with the way the local authority have liaised with the business and local community in order to find out what we, the people of Archway, think we need.
"We are confident that the money will improve the look and feel of the Archway Town Centre and look forward to the changes."
The package of improvements for Archway is set to be approved by Islington Council's executive when it meets on Tuesday July 5.
* £250,000 for feasibility work and consultation to help bring the removal of Archway gyratory a step closer
* £500,000 for public space improvements at Archway Close and Flowers Mews
* £400,000 to replace and improve old shopfronts in Archway
* £100,000 for initiatives to help boost local business, through the Archway Town Centre Management Group
* £100,000 for business support in Archway and other Islington town centres
* £50,000 to help bring a derelict building back into use as a 200-seat Community Arts Theatre for the Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing
* £200,000 for arts initiatives in Archway as part of Creative Islington's Animating Communities initiative.
Cllr Paul Convery, Islington Council's executive member for planning, renegeration and transport, said: "We're committed to the regeneration of Archway, which is a great area but faces significant challenges.
"This £2 million will make a real difference to Archway, from creating an attractive new public space to smarter shopfronts and more support for businesses
"More than anything we want to get rid of the gyratory, which is an appalling blight on Archway. We cannot do this without Transport for London's support and funding and we will continue to urge them to give this project its full backing."We will also carry out more vital preliminary work to bring this much-needed work a step closer."
Hak Huseyin, chairman of the Archway Town Centre Management Group, said: "I'm really happy with the way the local authority have liaised with the business and local community in order to find out what we, the people of Archway, think we need.
"We are confident that the money will improve the look and feel of the Archway Town Centre and look forward to the changes."
The package of improvements for Archway is set to be approved by Islington Council's executive when it meets on Tuesday July 5.
For more information go to www.islington.gov.uk/democracy/meetings/executivemeetingdetail.asp?meetingid=2830&intSectionID=2&intSubSectionID=102
