15 November 2007
Lady Mayoress lights up Bow Lane
Traders from the Bow Lane shopping
streets near St Paul's Cathedral gathered on Tuesday night (13
November) to watch a sparkling performance from new Lady
Mayoress, Theresa Lewis, who marked the official opening of
the Christmas retail season by switching on the street's
annual festive lights. The Bow Lane traders' event is
traditionally the first official engagement for the new Lady
Mayoress.
This year new festive lights have been installed as part of a
£350,000 Street Scene improvement project by the City of London
Corporation to improve the environment along the popular and
historic shopping street and provide a better surface for
pedestrians, cyclists and wheelchair users.
The City Corporation’s Street Scene team worked in consultation
with local traders and interest groups in Bow Lane to choose a
design for the Christmas lights that reflects the distinctive local
character, heritage and stylish shopping along Bow Lane.
The new festive lighting complements the Street Scene
enhancements implemented along Bow Lane, which include new pathways
of York stone, carriageway of granite setts and the introduction of
bronze planters.
The £350,000 Street Scene project has been undertaken in three
phases. Phases one and two are now complete and the third phase
will begin after Christmas so to not disrupt Christmas shopping
activity in the area.
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Press enquires to:
Michelle Logie at the City of London
Tel 020 7332 3450
Email
michelle.logie@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Street Scene Challenge Initiative
The City of London’s Street Scene Challenge initiative was set up
in 2003 to manage the appearance of streets, enhance the public
realm and street level environment and facilitate the flow of both
pedestrian and motor traffic around the City of London. Traffic has
been reduced in the City by 25% overall, with a 40% reduction in
the central City area as a result of the City’s management of
vehicular movement. Through Street Scene, the City of London is
continually working to improve the appearance, function and safety
of the City’s streets, to provide a high quality environment that
is fitting for the world’s leading financial and business
centre.
Whilst every scheme is different, in general Street Scene
schemes are funded by a partnership between the City of London and
other interested parties such as private developers, building
owners and occupiers, Transport for London and regeneration
organisations. The City of London's contribution can vary depending
on the size and nature of schemes but the funding derived from
parking income, which, by law, must be spent on local highway
improvements, and also from contributions made through Section 106
planning agreements.
The City of London
The City of London provides local government services for the
Square Mile, the financial and commercial heart of Britain. The
City Corporation is committed to maintaining and enhancing the
status of the business City as the world's leading international
financial and business centre through its policies and services.
Its responsibilities also extend far beyond the City boundaries and
include management of the Barbican Centre, Central Criminal Court
at the Old Bailey, Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath, three wholesale
food markets, as well as acting as the London Port Health
Authority.