By Anna Whittaker, Local Democracy Reporter
A busy Nottingham road is set to benefit from around £250,000 of improvements.
Nottingham City Council has revealed the plans for Trent Street and Station Street near Nottingham Railway Station.
The plans include the resurfacing of roads and pavements and the creation of a shared path for pedestrians and cyclists.
The move is intended to provide links between Station Street and onward cycle routes along Canal Street and the Beeston to Nottingham Canal.
It comes as the wireless electric taxi charging points will be removed following the end of a Government scheme.
The funding for this project is from the Transforming Cities Fund which invests in public and sustainable transport infrastructure in English cities.
Nottingham and Derby were awarded a total £169m investment through the TCF.
The area is now being returned to a normal taxi rank following the four-month trial, which saw drivers use the wireless chargers just under 1,000 times.
The new works to revamp the area are expected to start in May 2023 and last until July 2023.
Speaking of the electric charging trial, the council’s Portfolio Holder for Highways, Transport and Parks, Councillor Audra Wynter (Lab), said: “Our transport teams have now completed this pioneering project.
“Now we’re working to get lots of useful insights and data fed back to the Government to help make plans for how convenient and accessible charging infrastructure can be rolled out to support electric vehicles use in the future.”
Nottingham was home to the electric charging trial after the council secured £930,000 from the Government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles through Innovate UK.
Five wireless charging pads were installed at the Trent Street rank and nine council owned electric taxis were fitted with wireless charging hardware to enable convenient charging without the need for cables.
