Moor Street Gateway
Overview
Moor Street Gateway will create a new entrance and welcome into Birmingham for the city’s residents and visitors and link the existing New Street and Moor Street stations with the new Curzon Street Station (for HS2). The project will create clearer routes for people walking, wheeling* and cycling, improve spaces to catch bus and Metro services, and add plants and trees to the area.
The arrival of HS2 will be an exciting addition to this part of Birmingham and we aim to create a ‘One Station’ identity where travellers can easily change between national and local rail services and access local bus and Metro services.
*By wheeling we mean people travelling using wheelchairs and other wheeled aids, such as mobility scooters, as well as scooters, pushchairs or prams.
Aims of the scheme
- Create a recognisable ‘One Station’ identity, an inclusive place which is safe, bright and attractive to travel through and spend time in.
- Provide a welcoming arrival into Birmingham as a City of Nature, with enhanced trees, plants and other greenery.
- Improve signs, information and connections so people can navigate the area more easily.
- Widen footways to enhance walking and wheeling routes and remove unnecessary barriers to movement and improve connections between stations.
- Deliver a safe cycle connection through the city centre between the existing cycle routes.
- Improve the bus passenger experience when arriving and waiting for services.
- Maintain bus services and service vehicle access.
Scheme overview plan
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Find out more about the proposals
Zone 1 Proposals
- Measures to reduce anti-social behaviour such as: acoustic treatment on the ceiling to reduce the noise from vehicles, potential for music to be played through integrated speakers and safer space with no ‘hiding places’
- Wider and more open footway with continuation of New Street station paving style.
- Upgraded lighting.
- Graphical designs on newly tiled walls.
- Shared road space for buses, taxis (black cabs) and cycles at the existing speed limit of 20mph.
Zone 1 artistic impression
Zone 2 Proposals
- Segregated cycle lanes.
- Cycle hub with cycle parking stands, publicly accessible bikes (West Midlands Cycle Hire) and proposals for a water refill station.
- Wider footways with an improved surface, seating, trees and plants.
- Raised pedestrian crossings for pedestrians at key locations.
- Single crossing point in each direction at St Martin’s Queensway, Moor Street Queensway and Moor Street.
- Reconfigured bus stops to make it easier to change between bus services and improve the passenger waiting environment.
- Signs to help people find their way.
Zone 2 artistic impression (1 of 2)
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Zone 2 artistic impression (2 of 2)
Zone 3 Proposals
- Segregated cycle lanes.
- Cycle parking stands.
- Wider footways and controlled crossings.
- Improvements to existing footway surface.
- Reconfigured bus stops to make it easier to change between bus services and improve the passenger waiting environment.
- Signs to help people find their way.
Zone 3 plan
Zone 4 Proposals
- Traffic signals at Worcester Street, improved pedestrian crossing and to provide a transition from the tunnel to new central cycle track on Smallbrook Queensway.
- Two-way segregated cycle route along Smallbrook Queensway linking Hurst Street and Hill Street routes to New Street station and the wider cycle provision.
- Improvements to pedestrian crossings between Bullring and New Street Station.
Zone 4 plan
Zone 5 proposals
- Provision of two-way cycle route between Priory Queensway and A34 blue cycle route.
- Existing loading bay by Exchange Square to be retained.
- Improvements to Jennens Road/Moor Street Queensway junction.
- Improved pedestrian crossings at Dale End/James Watt Queensway junction.
Zone 5
What happens next
Paper copies of the survey & leaflet will be available at The Library of Birmingham (Centenary Square, B1 2ND) and Birmingham Council House reception (Council House reception, Victoria Square, B1 1BB) during week commencing Monday 14 October 2024.
Opening hours
Library of Birmingham
- Monday - Tuesday: 11am – 7pm
- Wednesday - Saturday: 11am – 5pm
- Sunday: Closed
Council House reception
- Monday - Friday: 9am – 5pm
- Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Events
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Drop in session - The Church at Carrs Lane
From 22 Oct 2024 at 09:00 to 22 Oct 2024 at 12:00Come along to chat with members of the team, ask questions and give us your feedback. No need to book, just turn up at any time.
Location: The Church at Carrs Lane, B4 7SX -
Microsoft Teams online briefing session
From 23 Oct 2024 at 18:00 to 23 Oct 2024 at 19:00An online briefing session where members of the project team will go through the proposals and answer any questions
Open this link to attend: https://rb.gy/8sjnm5 -
Drop in session - The Church at Carrs Lane
From 6 Nov 2024 at 16:00 to 6 Nov 2024 at 19:00Come along to chat with members of the team, ask questions and give us your feedback. No need to book, just turn up at any time.
Location: The Church at Carrs Lane, B4 7SX
Areas
- CITY CENTRE
Audiences
- All residents
- Councillors/MPs/MEPs
- Cyclists
- Motor Vehicle Drivers
- Pedestrians
- Local Residents
- Public Sector Bodies
- Businesses
- Faith groups
- Community groups
- Voluntary Organisations
- Staff
- Service user groups
Interests
- cycling
- Health & Wellbeing
- Environment
- Planning
- Regeneration
- Transport (Including Walking)
- Travel
- West Midlands Fire Service
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