Macclesfield's Castle Street has just one month left to be completed - and here's what will happen in the next month.

In the coming weeks, carriageway paving is to progress from north from the junction of Mill Street, which includes excavating at TK Maxx.

Meanwhile work to install the carriageway cobble setts has started.

Drainage connections continue and will be completed close to the September deadline, including outside the Co-op Bank.

Electric duct will also to begin outside the Co-op Bank, and preparation for the new street furniture will begin.

The street furniture is set to be lit up, to encourage use of the businesses in the town centre past daylight.

The area is set to encourage al fresco dining, inspired by the pandemic and the success of Market Place's cosmopolitan outdoor seating.

The tarmac was recently laid down, on the vehicular portion of the rejuvenated road, and is complete.

Business access shall remain for pedestrians, but vehicles still won't be allowed on site until the works are complete next month.

Granite kerbs with a Love Letter to Macc poem have now all been installed, which will be great to read strolling down the new street once complete.

The single-file footway currently in-place in Castle Street is to be maintained, but joined by alternative footway routes to allow phasing of works.

Pedestrian routes to the Co-op and HSBC will be switched to allow access adjacent to Cardzone.

A tree pit has also been installed - but it is not the only green initiative at the Castle Street site.

Cheshire East Council have also helped our local authority give back to the taxpayers, who have paid for the works.

They have donated 120 old paving stones from Castle Street to local community projects.

This includes Macclesfield projects that have an environmental benefit such as Scoop and Sales reusable shop on Roe Street, who will reuse a piece of Macclesfield history.

"As we are continue to work towards our goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025 we aim to reduce the waste we produce from our sites," said the Council.

"Our contractors, Eurovia and Flannery delivered the paving to three local community groups: Macclesfield Plant Swap, Scoop and Sales and Alpha Living.

"This will now be re-used to improve the existing paving in all three allotment areas.

"The paving was removed from the footpath and is currently being replaced with Indian stone."

The construction tools used on the Castle Street site are also being powered by clean electric energy.

Andrew Burgon, Allotment Manager of Scoop and Scales, located inside the Old Sunday School said: "These flags will really come in useful for our site, they will enable us to improve the paths around the allotment which will benefit all of our 40 plus tenants."

Salford-based Eurovia and Middlesex-contractors Flannery, are completing the works for our borough council.

Earlier in the month, we exclusively reported on the amount of jobs brought by a new Castle Street.

You can read that article here.

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