Better Queensway, Southend-on-Sea
Urban realm and highway design to remove segregation in the centre of Southend

Location
South of England
Client
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Partner
dRMM (Masterplanner) and LDA (Landscape)
Sector
Residential, Urban Infrastructure
Theme
Urban Regeneration, Transport & Movement
Services Provided
The site is currently dissected by a four and sometimes eight lane highway and underbridge causing high degree of severance to the neighbourhood and wider community. Working with dRMM and LDA, a proposal was set to reduce the highway footprint by 50% and lift the carriageway level with the surrounding landscape, dramatically improving the environmental quality of the neighbourhood, while repurposing the abandoned underpasses as surface water storage as part of a wider SuDS system. This strategy had an important positive impact on commercial viability and deliverability, offering up the opportunity to build an addition 500 new homes.