Car park demolition moves to next stage

The demolition forms part of work to pedestrianise Hall Ings in the city centre

Screens surrounding a Bradford car park are being removed as work to create a new entrance to the city's Interchange enters the next stage.

Work to pull down the multi-storey NCP car park on Hall Ings has been ongoing for weeks.

With the upper floors removed, large cranes are being moved to the site to begin the next stage, which will see the remainder of the structure pulled down by ground-based equipment.

Work to demolish the car park is part of a wider government-funded scheme which will also result in the pedestrianisation of Hall Ings.

The latest update by Bradford Council on the work, reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), said: “Screen and scaffolding will (this week) be removed and the demolition sequence will continue from the ground floor, with large machines being installed in June to assist with this.

“The works to demolish the former NCP car park will create a new green space, linking to Hall Ings and Norfolk Gardens.”

The work to create the new concourse comes as the future of the bus section of Bradford Interchange building is unclear – with the facility having been closed since January due to falling concrete.

Although the rail station remains open, it is not yet clear when, or if, the bus station will reopen.

Work to demolish the NCP is part of the Government-funded Transforming Cities Fund for Bradford.

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