{"id":375,"date":"2016-02-13T23:29:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/?p=375"},"modified":"2016-02-18T23:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T23:30:48","slug":"gloucester-is-receiving-a-7-5million-pound-brand-new-bus-station-in-the-heart-of-the-city-centre-and-work-to-start-the-project-is-now-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Gloucester is receiving a 7.5million pound brand new bus station in the heart of the city centre and work to start the project is now underway."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">This week the first of the hoardings were erected at the current bus station and more will follow throughout the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Once all the hoardings are in place the first spade will hit the ground and shape to the new hub can start to form. The current bus station caf\u00e9 will be brought down, as it has already been replaced with a temporary kiosk caf\u00e9, the office blocks and Grosvenor House will be demolished and the public toilets will be replaced with temporary ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Gloucester City Council has already worked with the Furniture Recycling Project to find them new premises which has also allowed works to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">With funding from central government as part of its \u2018Growth Deal\u2019, GFirst LEP and Gloucestershire Local Transport Board, the city council is investing \u00a37.5million into the redevelopment of the new bus station. Plans for the new hub include a modern fully enclosed concourse, 12 bus bays, a manned ticket office, electronic timetable displays, a new cafe and CCTV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Whilst the construction work is being carried out, the existing bus station will remain fully functioning and existing bus routes and stops are not expected to change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">The next stages of shaping the future bus station include asbestos removal, an archaeological dig and diversion of underground sewers and mains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Cllr Paul James, leader of Gloucester City Council, said; \u201cI\u2019m very excited to start the work on the new bus station. The existing bus station has been a blot on Gloucester\u2019s landscape for too long and now the work on the new one has begun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">\u201cOur new bus station will look impressive and modern, providing a stylish welcome to all those entering Gloucester through it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the first of the hoardings were erected at the current bus station and more will follow throughout the coming weeks. Once all the hoardings are in place the first spade will hit the ground and shape to the new hub can start to form. The current bus station caf\u00e9 will be brought down, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abbeyviews.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}