IA2481 - Multi-disciplinary team for Stafford Town Centre Future High Street Fund Public Realm Works

This procurement is focused on investment in Public Realm at Station Approach and the Market Square. This will create a new sense of arrival at the station, encouraging the onward journey into the town centre, and a new outdoor destination in the town centre. The procurement is set into 2 work packages. These projects specifically seek to:- • Create new pedestrian routes/gateways around the town centre with greater connectivity and accessibility to public transport; • Attract more people into the town centre, • Revamp the Market Square into an attractive, multi-use space for events and activities. Package 1 - Station Approach Creation of a new arrival experience at Stafford Station with high quality mix-mode public realm gateway offering connectivity between the newly quietened Station Road, into Victoria Park and onwards into the Town Centre, encouraging pedestrian and cycle routes. Package 2 - Market Square Redevelopment of Market Square to create a high quality, multi-functional urban public realm space in the heart of the town centre suitable for use for a range of events and by visitors. It is critical that the space is flexible for a variety of uses and has the infrastructure necessary to support this.