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Better Queensway, Southend-on-Sea

Urban realm and highway design to remove segregation in the centre of Southend

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credit to dRMM and LDA

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.

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