 City reaps rewards of Wolves promotion party
Tens of thousands of Wolves fans turned out to hail their
Championship-winning heroes as the city was overtaken by a sea of gold and
black on Bank Holiday Monday (May 7) in an event organised by City of Wolverhampton Council and
the club.
The squad showed off the Championship trophy during an
open-top bus parade from the city centre to the 'Promotion Party in the Park’ in
West Park.
It is estimated the economic benefit to the city from
Monday’s event is £1 million.
 Brand new city centre market taking shape
City of
Wolverhampton’s new city centre market is expected to open for business on Tuesday, July
17, with an official opening event four days’ later.
The city council is
relocating the market from its current Market Square base.
Southside will be
its new home, where it will boast 20 cabins and 48 stalls, fronting Cleveland
Street. Read more...
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May 11 | Issue 72
Subway closure signals final preparations for full station works
From Sunday, May
20, 2018, the pedestrian subway at Wolverhampton Railway Station will be closed
until summer 2019, as part of plans to develop a new station building.
The closure will enable
demolition of the current station building and a new one to be built adjacent
to it.
A recommended,
temporary diversion route will be put in place for customers wanting to access
the station via Wednesfield Road.
The station works will
take place in two phases, with rail services continuing to operate as normal
throughout. Read more...
Small site council homes fourth phase works to start during summer 2018
City of
Wolverhampton Council has gone out to tender on a £4 million contract for the fourth
phase of its successful newbuild council housing programme for small derelict
sites.
The £4 million
third phase started in January and will see 26 homes delivered across five
sites by a small Midlands contractor, Harper Group PLC, by spring 2019.
Eight former garage
sites have been identified as part of phase four, with works due to start this
summer. Read more...
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