‘With thousands of people a day walking through it to go shopping, people wanted the space to be sociable. They would meet in the underpass but couldn’t stop without causing chaos. They said how they’d love to have a place to meet and sit down,’ says Deborah.
The entrance to the underpass is south-west facing so the new seating always gets the evening sun.
But the idea of encouraging people to linger had to be tempered against the potential noise and disruption to the local residents, Angie points out: ‘The nearest houses are very close, 50 yards away so that was taken into consideration and rightly so.’ On an equally practical note, they also wanted to make sure it was covered by CCTV from both ends.
‘The underpass was a really undignified way to welcome anyone into the town centre. Now they have a superb front door,’ says Deborah. Angie, along with many in Cas, is less effusive: ‘The main objectives have been achieved. It’s a safer, well lit and a better place to walk,’ she says... but admits she isn’t too keen on the flock wallpaper.
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