WORK is about to begin to revamp the Crosby Road car park in Northallerton as part of the £17million Treadmills leisure scheme.

The car park is now managed by the Central Northallerton Development Company Ltd (CNDCL), which is driving forward the Treadmills development.

CNDCL is investing £150,000 in the car park, including introducing four electric vehicle charging points.

The upgrade will include the introduction of electronic payments, by card and mobile phone, while parking bays will be widened and eight disabled and six parent and toddler spaces added.

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Crosby Road car park Northallerton

The car park works will begin on Monday, September 30. The car park will remain open to the public during the evening, from 6pm, throughout the works.

The upgrade is linked to the start of construction on the first phase of the redevelopment of the former Northallerton Prison.

The initial phase will focus on new retail units, with Lidl and Iceland already signed up for the scheme, as well as further parking within the former jail site.

Later phases will feature residential, leisure and office space as well as a showpiece civic square and a four-screen cinema.

Jonathan Stubbs, Development Director, said: “The Crosby Road car park has been integrated within the Treadmills development and will receive a significant upgrade as a result. The work is another sign of the positive change taking place in and around the former prison site.”