University of Sheffield supports city regeneration project

The first phase of an exciting and inventive project to help regenerate area is about to get underway. University of Sheffield Landscape School is working with Sheffield City Council and Amey and Robert Bray Associates to design and radically improve the Riverside Business District and Castlegate area in Sheffield. The 'Grey to Green' corridor will enhance the environment and reduce the barriers between the Riverside Business District and Castlegate with the rest of the city centre and on to Kelham Island and Victoria Quays. The project will transform 1.3 kilometres of redundant road space, creating an attractive new linear public space including perennial meadows, a sustainable urban drainage system and rain gardens. Walking and cycling routes will create a high quality setting for a number of key development sites in the area, particularly at West Bar and Exchange Place. Professor Nigel Dunnett, of the Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield who designed the spectacular meadows at London's Olympic Park said: "The Grey to Green project in Sheffield's Riverside District is one of the most ambitious and visionary urban landscape projects in the country, further boosting Sheffield's credentials as a green city.