Works took place between September 2022 and March 2023 to transform the area outside the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road

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This project was part of Nottingham and Derby’s Transforming Cities programme.

Working in partnership, the two city councils secured a total of £161m from the Department for Transport to invest in a range of local infrastructure schemes to improve sustainable transport, support growth and encourage more low-carbon journeys.

The Queensbridge Road scheme, close to the new HMRC Unity Square building:

• Created a wide area of public realm that accommodated walking, cycling and scooters, with most of the car traffic removed
• Added new social areas with seating and chess tables created from previous car parking spaces
• Included a new safer, shared pedestrian and cycle path with no through road
• Planted new trees and a new hedge to screen the road, reducing noise and air pollution.