Highways & Public Realm, Project Medius, Great Central Square, Leicester
Danaher & Walsh was appointed by Morgan Sindall to carry out major highway improvements to Leicester’s inner ring road as part of the landmark Project Medius development
Project Overview
The works involved the construction of a new ‘super-crossing’ to provide a quick, safe link to the new development from the city centre.
A new traffic-signalised was constructed to the entrance of Great Central Street. The junctions with Highcross Street and Causeway Lane were also altered. Vaughan Way itself was reconfigured to improve traffic flows and improvements were made to the central reserves.
The second phase involved major public realm works, including the pedestrianisation of Great Central Street and the creation of new pedestrianised areas adjacent to the development. The works involved the installation of high-quality granite paving, resinbound golden gravel surfacing, feature lighting, access control bollards and contemporary street furniture.
- Client Morgan Sindall
- Project value £4.44m
- Date 2019
- Expertise Highways, Public Realm
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Traffic Management
A comprehensive traffic management strategy was developed in conjunction with Leicester City Council in order to minimise the impact of the works on this extremely busy part of Leicester’s city centre. The revolutionary Urban 64 temporary traffic signal system, which mimics the programming of the existing traffic signals, was deployed, leading to minimal disruption to traffic flows.
The presence of a large number of underground services with the works area meant that coordination with statutory undertakers was of critical importance.
Outcomes
The most important factor in the success of this contract was early engagement between Morgan Sindall, Danaher & Walsh and all stakeholders. Danaher & Walsh worked with Morgan Sindall at the tender stage in order to offer the client a comprehensive, unified solution to both the wider scheme and the critically important highway works.
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