Post construction events and activity

The construction specification has taken into account the desire to animate the new town squares with events and music. Electricity connection points will be installed in the paving around the new Town Square and around the Cannon Plinth. Water supplies have been specified too, if required, for specialist/occasional markets and other events.  Event organisers will be encouraged to use the new space e.g. Town Centre Management’s Jazz Festival.

The Christmas Lights display in the new street will have to be very different to the current one. The Lighting Canopy, supported by temporary large steel columns, will not be continued and the existing lights hung in the trees will be discontinued. A specification for new lighting sockets and power cables has been designed and will be installed to enable new Christmas Lights to be erected.

Opportunities for events and performances in the centre of town will be created. The design will give the High Street back to the community, for social interaction, to linger and meet up by increasing the space available to pedestrians. Spaces will be created for people to perform, dance, play music, hold specialised markets and other events.  For those in the community who want to do this for charity or in support of a local group, MBC will offer to facilitate the event through the Council’s Town Centre Premises License.