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Birmingham City Centre/Eastside. Eastside. City core. HS2. Moor Street. Gateway. HS2 Station & Station Square. Key Principles: A high quality landmark station New pedestrian connections to Digbeth A major public square fronting the station High standards of sustainability and design

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HS2

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  1. Birmingham City Centre/Eastside Eastside City core HS2 Moor Street Gateway

  2. HS2 Station & Station Square Key Principles: • A high quality landmark station • New pedestrian connections to Digbeth • A major public square fronting the station • High standards of sustainability and design • Efficient links to public transport connections • Improved pedestrian flows

  3. Moor Street today – a need for transformation

  4. Some transformation has already happened - Moor Street in 2002 Now

  5. Traffic / pedestrian conflicts    Visual clutter    Obstacles to pedestrian movement Unappealing or uncoordinated public realm    Underutilised space – people don’t use median Lack of high quality city gateway    Poor legibility / confusion – esp. between stations Moor Street today – poor sense of arrival

  6. The aspiration - Make a better quality place out of Moor Street Sheaf Square and Gold Route, Sheffield O’Connell Street, Dublin Lime Street Gateway, Liverpool

  7. Lime Street Station, Liverpool - 2009

  8. Lime Street Station, Liverpool - 2010

  9. HS2/Eastside Masterplan - Establishes the need to look in more detail at Moor Street

  10. 4 7 13 3 12 6 11 10 9 2 5 8 1 Existing 1 Bullring 2 Pavilions 3 Millennium Point 4 Mathew Boulton College 5 New lines at Moor St Future6 Park 7 BCU 8 Gateway 9 HS2 10 Hotel La Tour 11 ‘Martineau’ site 12 Masshouse 13 Ormiston Academy Future new developments are all pedestrian trip generators

  11. Moor Street – the next 25 years New developments will lead to pedestrians dominating, and encourage rapid transit

  12. Benefits of HS2 • Boosting the West Midlands' economy by £2.5 billion. • Up to 60-70,000 local jobs by 2040 as a result of relocation of jobs from other areas in the UK. • An increase in West Midlands GVA of almost 6% by 2040.

  13. Current images for the HS2 terminal do not consider the adjoining public realm

  14. Snow Hill New Station Square’s for Moor Street and HS2 - make the best possible arrival experience for visitors

  15. Public space overlay at same scale Main Square, Brindleyplace

  16. Public space overlay at same scale Victoria Square

  17. Snow Hill Car parking Car parking Opportunity for a better public realm, paved highway, shared space, wider pedestrian areas Reducing through traffic will free-up the space for better public realm

  18. Connecting Birmingham Sprint / Metro with HS2 makes the best possible interchange

  19. Plaza New Squares and an organised plan of links make the most legible and positive experience for pedestrians

  20. 2014 – 2026 possible 1st phase scheme in advance of HS2 - Shared space plaza with Birmingham Sprint

  21. 2026 with opening HS2 terminal

  22. 2026 with HS2 - Glazed canopies could link with style and form of the terminal

  23. Working without Pavilions redevelopment

  24. How it could work with a redeveloped Pavilions site

  25. View from completed HS2 entrance c.2026 with Birmingham Sprint - Showing the potential for new commercial development

  26. 2026 with HS2 open - A station square with green spaces

  27. The better alternative to aim for in 2026…

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