A city centre road closes for good tomorrow marking a milestone in the creation of Bradford’s City Park.

The new bus canopy at Hall Ings opens for use, as the road through the centre of the project closes to allow the six-acre pedestrian park to be created.

Channing Way, which runs between the magistrates’ court and City Hall, is being closed.

This marks a key point in the construction of the £24.4 million City Park, allowing contractors to fence off the site and prepare to build the largest city centre water feature in the country – the mirror pool.

Councillor David Green, Bradford Council’s executive member for regeneration and economy, said: “It’s been an exciting week for Bradford with various regeneration projects opening.

“The City Park is at the heart of the plans for a revitalised city and construction is progressing well.”

All bus stops on Channing Way are being relocated around the edges of the City Park and many will stop at the new bus canopy on Hall Ings which will open on Sunday morning. Notices with exact details of the changes of bus stops are displayed in each bus shelter.

The road closure and use of the canopy will take place from midnight to 5am tomorrow.

And the new traffic lights at the bottom of Little Horton Lane and bus lane onto Princes Way will become operational.

Following this, fencing will be put up around the park.

Landscaping and finishing work will be continuing around the bus canopy and on Norfolk Gardens over the coming weeks and people can keep up to date with the latest information and see the webcam at brad-ford.gov.uk/citypark.

The funding for the City Park is being provided by Bradford Council, Yorkshire Forward and the Regional Transport Board, although Government spending cuts have forced the regional development agency to defer a £1.3 million payment towards the scheme. It is hoped that the full £6.7 million promised will still be forthcoming, with the deferred amount being re-allocated to Bradford in next year’s funding.