AvenCentral Projects (Crime/Environment)

Avenham Road
Situated within the conservation area of Avenham the project aiemd to restore the road and pavement surfaces to a standard commensurate with the area. Providing traffic calming measures as well as designated parking bays the project will also incorporate a community art project.

City Centre Enhancements to the CCTV system

The project provided five further cameras to the current system as well as upgrading the recording system to digital. The cameras were to be placed at sites identified by the system operators as blind spots; these include Church Street, Bow Lane and Adelphi roundabout.

FLARE - City Centre Lighting Scheme
The FLARE Project was the first phase of a ten year state of the art lighting plan for the cityâ€™s major buildings and heritage sites, streets, parks and open spaces. The first phase of the works concentrated on the lighting of the Harris Art Gallery and Museum a Grade I Listed building. The Flare Project aiemd to set the standard for future city centre lighting projects that wwere to be be undertaken by others through the implementation of the City Centre Lighting Strategy.

Frenchwood Recreation Ground

The project aimed to ensure that the Frenchwood Recreation Ground was an integral part of the Avenham and Miller Park experience. A new multi age play area was to be provided nearer to the site of Avenham Park as well as new planting, pathways and parking facilities.

Public Conveniences Regeneration

The project provided three sets of three public conveniences within the city centre. These provide one standard use toilet (formally known as Disability Access Toilets) with two unisex toilets adjacent. These toilets will situated in popular walkway areas and will be open 24 hours a day.

For quick reference we also have a list of all of all AvenCentral Funded Projects.


			Thursday 23 October 2008