Feature Article
SEFI - The Boulevard
View looking south of the Boulevard
© Miller Hare
The Boulevard will provide a direct ‘desire line’ link from King’s Cross, St Pancras International and London Underground stations to the University of the Arts London campus and Granary Square via the new Canal Bridge, reducing the walk time to around 5 minutes.
The Boulevard alignment will also house a subterranean utilities ‘spine’ to service the large development sites on either side.Delivery of the Boulevard is a key step in enabling the efficient construction of buildings on either side.
A revised design has recently been submitted to the London Borough of Camden which incorporates generous pavement widths and increases the number of trees from 19 to 40 - planted on both sides of the street.Subject to approval, BAM Nuttall will start work on the new Boulevard this autumn and in September 2011 the route will open to pedestrians. The full width of the Boulevard will be completed when development on either side of the street comes forward.
These initial works involve the construction of a generous 10m wide route rising gently from Pancras Road in the south to Goods Way in the north, with a row of London Plane trees along its east side. The final completed Boulevard will provide a two-way vehicular route for buses and taxis and will have generous tree-lined pedestrian spaces to either side.
