Camberley improvement works update
The town centre has been given an upgrade
Ahead of shops reopening as we come out of lockdown, Surrey Heath Borough Council has issued an update on Camberley town centre's upgrade
Various improvement works to the High Street, Princess Way and Knoll Walk have been completed.
The council has secured ÂŁ3.5million of external funding from Enterprise M3 LEP for the works, which the Council has added to with ÂŁ900k of funding collected from developers for infrastructure type schemes such as this.
High Street:
The asphalt road surface is complete and the High Street is now open to general traffic.
The granite pavements and kerbs are now complete. The pavements and kerb surfaces are wide and flat, providing a safer environment including for the elderly, disabled and families.
The new modern lighting columns have been installed.
Tree pits are being prepared for planting, with four trees planned for the High Street - one at the junction with Pembroke Broadway, two in the middle at the junction with Princess Way, and one by the junction to Obelisk Way.
New street furniture, including benches, bins and cycle racks have been installed.
New gates to the High Street have been installed.
Princess Way:
Granite paving has been laid on the pavements and walkways.
The granite steps in Princess Way are complete and also have handrails.
The granite planters now have new plants in them.
The new modern lighting columns have been installed.
Street furniture has been installed, including new benches and bins.
Knoll Walk:
The walkway is open to pedestrians.
The paving, granite planters, new lighting, planting (including trees)are now complete.
Street furniture, including new benches and bins, have been installed.
The foundations for the green wall - which will have climbing plants - has been finished.
Public art - Streets of Gold:
The public art scheme will in installed in April.
'Streets of Gold' brings elements of Camberley's heritage and history to life in a series of bronze plaques embedded into the walls, pavements and planters across the High Street and Knoll Walk.
M+R (Musson and Retallick) are the artist collaboration who have created the display. Streets of Gold is a collection of statements, questions and sentiments gathered by M+R from the people of Camberley. Fragments of these statements become disassembled poetry, ready to be reassembled in any order by viewers of the artwork.