Church Square Re-opens to the Public
01 November 2010 by Hamst
Scunthorpe�s new look Church Square was opened to the public today, 1st November 2010, as workmen began to take down the temporary fencing opening up the Square to the public for the first time.
Fencing comes down opening the Square to the public
The area, home to the former Club 2000 was fenced off in August whilst contractors began readying the Club for demolition, at the beginning of September work to demolish the building began. The club had stood empty since May 2006, it had been bought by the then Tory lead North Lincolnshire Council in 2007 for �800,000 using cash from regional development agency Yorkshire Forward. At that time it was on the understanding that Yorkshire Forward would cover the building's maintenance costs until March 2012 after this the burden would fall on the local taxpayer.
New look Church Square opens to public
Since then, it had cost Yorkshire Forward �45,000 a year in taxpayers' money to maintain. However, the new coalition government announced that Yorkshire Forward would be replaced in 2012 by Local Enterprise Partnerships. Earlier this year it was agreed that no suitable future use could be found for the building so it should be demolished so as not to burden the local taxpayer with ongoing maintenance costs.
People enjoy the new look Church Square
After the building was demolished and the site cleared workmen then set about paving the area, in addition to this another area in Church Square that had become uneven over the years was also fenced off, levelled and re-paved.
Today as the fencing came down electrical engineers were busy finishing off connecting the new electricity supply that will feed power to the Square to allow special events to take place. The first event will be the Christmas lights switch on and Lincs FM Roadshow which takes place on Thursday 18th November 2010 to coincide with the start of late night Thursday shopping in the run up to christmas.
Engineers connect electricity supply
Council chiefs have promised the new look Church Square will hold a whole host of events including markets and other activities.
Fencing comes down opening the Square to the public
The area, home to the former Club 2000 was fenced off in August whilst contractors began readying the Club for demolition, at the beginning of September work to demolish the building began. The club had stood empty since May 2006, it had been bought by the then Tory lead North Lincolnshire Council in 2007 for �800,000 using cash from regional development agency Yorkshire Forward. At that time it was on the understanding that Yorkshire Forward would cover the building's maintenance costs until March 2012 after this the burden would fall on the local taxpayer.
New look Church Square opens to public
Since then, it had cost Yorkshire Forward �45,000 a year in taxpayers' money to maintain. However, the new coalition government announced that Yorkshire Forward would be replaced in 2012 by Local Enterprise Partnerships. Earlier this year it was agreed that no suitable future use could be found for the building so it should be demolished so as not to burden the local taxpayer with ongoing maintenance costs.
People enjoy the new look Church Square
After the building was demolished and the site cleared workmen then set about paving the area, in addition to this another area in Church Square that had become uneven over the years was also fenced off, levelled and re-paved.
Today as the fencing came down electrical engineers were busy finishing off connecting the new electricity supply that will feed power to the Square to allow special events to take place. The first event will be the Christmas lights switch on and Lincs FM Roadshow which takes place on Thursday 18th November 2010 to coincide with the start of late night Thursday shopping in the run up to christmas.
Engineers connect electricity supply
Council chiefs have promised the new look Church Square will hold a whole host of events including markets and other activities.
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