Future of Broadway - Prospero Place
We're giving some love to the heart of Stratford, by making upgrades to Prospero Place - our town centre.
Share your views on the draft designs here.
This is a key project in our Long Term Plan (LTP) with the redevelopment working towards our vision of a Welcoming, Inclusive, Safe community – Te Pūmanawa o Taranaki (translated to the beating heart of Taranaki).
The Future of Broadway project aims to create vibrant public spaces and enhance safety, accessibility, and cultural identity - focusing on these key areas:
- Community – transforming Prospero Place into a lively community hub, fostering social interaction and engagement
- Connect – improve connectivity between Broadway and Miranda Street, creating a welcoming environment for people to support local businesses, attend events and access surrounding destination areas like the sporting complexes in King Edward Park.
- Celebrate – Promote our cultural and historical identity, acknowledging tangata whenua, our unique Shakespearean heritage and reinforcing our natural surroundings. Integrate public art, wayfinding signage, and green spaces to enhance the town’s character.
- Safety – improve lighting along Broadway between the roundabouts, installing modern energy efficient lights that both enhance the look and feel of our town centre as well as meets Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) standards.
- Sustainability – Implement sustainable and best-practice design principles.
Background
Towards the end of 2016 we launched Stratford 2035 – Making it Real, which was an integrated approach to Stratford’s long term future. This included the Future of Broadway project, focusing on the revitalisation of Prospero Place and Broadway.
Over subsequent years, the project has changed in scope due to changes in land use in the area, such as the demolition of the ANZ bank and land next to Prospero Place becoming available. More recently, concept plans have been drawn up to determine the best use of Prospero Place and surrounding town centre areas. We're now at the stage of bringing the concept plans for Prospero Place to life through detailed designs that reflect the changes in the way that the space is used by our community. We aim to start physical works during the 2025/26 summer months.
We're really excited about getting to work on improving Prospero Place and hope you are too!
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Your views welcomed
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What's your view?
We want to know...
- How does the design makes you feel?
- Do you like the new pathway layout?
- What do you think about having a discovery play area?
- Any comments on the location of the features included?
- Have we missed anything that needs to be considered as part of the final design?
- What’s your favourite part of the design and what’s your least favourite?
- Tell us what you see as a priority for this community space.
This is your opportunity to help us nail down the final design.
Complete our short feedback form here.
Feedback closes 13 July.
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Project update - Detailed designs going to elected members for discussion
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Our initial concept designs have been refined, following discussions with key stakeholders and business owners in the area. Thanks to everyone who was involved.
Key points from the feedback:
- We've heard that the current pavers are too slippery, so we'd like to replace these with a more pedestrian-friendly option. Right now, we're looking carefully at our project budgets and timeframes to work out when this can happen.
- Vehicle access for markets and events is important. So, we are keeping the gate entrance beside the café on the south side of the Prosper Place.
See the designs
Elected members will discuss the new detailed designs during the meeting of the Policy & Services Committee on Tuesday 27 May, but you can view them now. See the designs below.
In the meeting, we'll be asking councillors for their feedback about the:
• Covered Walkway - to have or not to have? It's no longer fit for purpose but would add more cost to replace.
• Raised multi-functional platform - southeast or northwest corner of Prospero Place? Close to the street action or away from the hustle and bustle? That is the question.
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Future of Broadway - Prospero Place is part of our wider Stratford 2035 - Making it real vision, which was first introduced in 2016.
The project's budget is $1.2 million and will be delivered across the first 3 years of the Long Term Plan 2024-34. Year 1 (2024/25) is focused on detailed design.
