Work to start soon on ambitious Chester regeneration project

Chester City Council has announced that work will soon begin on the Northgate Development regeneration project. Heralded as the most ambitious development in Chester for decades, it aims to regenerate the areas around Northgate and Gorse Stacks.

The £280 scheme involves construction of the following:

- House of Fraser department store
- Performing arts centre
- A new library, double the size of the present one
- New bus station
- A modern market on the main square
- A 652-space multi-storey car park
- 124 apartments

In addition, existing council offices close to the town hall will be demolished and new ones built at Gorse Stacks.

Construction work is expected to start later this year and be complete by 2011.