White Hart Street - Latest update
The improvements to the public realm at White Hart Street will enhance the area for residents and visitors and support food and beverage businesses to provide outdoor 'alfresco' seating. Improvements to the public realm also allows for more cultural and creative activities such as the popular ‘Frog Fest’. This will help to activate, animate, and celebrate the culture of High Wycombe through murals, shows, and events.
Progress Update
We have now reached a major milestone completing all the carriageway resurfacing works. We thank all the businesses and residents for their patience and understanding whilst the works were carried out. Next steps will be to begin installing the landscaping and associated street furniture.
Find out more about Public realm improvements: White Hart Street, Wycombe.
Footway works on White Hart Street
Footway works on White Hart Street
Footway works including reinstalling The Clock on White Hart Street
Look-ahead of remaining works
Week commencing 7 April:
- Completion of remaining footway surfacing together with any snagging and defects.
- Finish installation of three tree cells outside La Toscana, followed by planting of semi-mature trees.
- Bull Lane repairs to footway paving and drainage pipe.
- Hot wash and pavement protection coating will be carried out overnight.
- Deliveries of the new landscaping planters and street furniture will commence.
- Installation of waste bins, lighting columns and gobo lighting projectors.
- We will also start the process of demobilising the contractor from site.
Week commencing 14 & 21 April:
- The remaining street furniture, planters and planting will be carried out by the landscaping contractor.
- Traffic management barriers will be in place along footway sections to keep pedestrians safe whilst works are carried out.
Phone Box Removal
After extended discussions with BT, we now have their commitment to remove all six aging phone boxes in the White Hart Street area. This will help improve the wider area and reduce anti-social behaviour. Once the boxes are removed by BT, we will return to the site to complete the reinstatements for those small sections of paving.
Parking
The construction works do not alter the parking restrictions currently in place around White Hart Street (Pedestrian Zone, No Loading, No Waiting At Any Time). No vehicles are allowed to park in the area including disabled/blue badge users without dispensation from Parking Services.
Contact Parking Team.
Tel: 0300 131 6000
Email: [email protected]
To help facilitate the construction works and manage access we will continue to implement additional traffic management restrictions and enforcement to deter parking. The car parking suspension on Frogmoor is also in place from Monday 6 January until completion of the works.
Noise Impacts
Unfortunately, all road works will generate a level of noise during construction. The most impactful works for White Hart Street will be the removal of the existing carriageway surfacing due to its construction and cutting of paving materials.
Whilst on site we will continue to use noise barriers to help suppress noise and visual impacts to nearby properties and businesses. As a guide noisy works will be planned during the following hours.
- Monday to Friday - from 8am until 6pm
- Saturday - from 8am until 1pm
Sign up for the regular bulletin
If you wish to be added to the regular progress bulletin, email us with the subject line ‘WHS bulletin request’.