Bradford Urban Garden closes as Broadway work begins

Construction work is set to start on citys long-awaited 260m retail development

5:13pm Friday 3rd January 2014 in News By Julie Tickner, T&A Reporter

Bradford Urban Garden will close on Monday so construction work can start on the citys long-awaited 260 million shopping centre.

Signs were placed at entrances to the temporary landscaped space, on the site of the new Broadway retail development, yesterday.

The 11,000sq ft park, with grassed areas, wild flower meadows and pathways across the city, was created in August 2010 after initial work on the project stopped.

Shorlty before Christmas, Australian developer Westfield announced that construction would start early in January after all legal documents meaning the scheme would definitely go ahead were signed.

Last night, a Westfield spokesman said: The commencement of the construction works marks a major milestone in the delivery of the shopping centre and the future of Bradfords retail landscape.

The shopping centre will provide a significant economic boost to the city creating thousands of jobs in both the construction phase and on completion. From Monday, we will be able to see the development begin to take shape.

The start of major construction works follows a two-month period of essential preparatory works for the centre which is estimated to create 1,500 construction jobs and 2,500 new retail jobs for Bradford.

Bradford Council leader David Green said: This will be the first major sign of the main construction work starting and its what we said would happen.

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Bradford Urban Garden closes as Broadway work begins