High Street 2012
Whitechapel Road in E1, Mile End Road in E2 and High Street in E5
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High Street 2012 is an initiative that will use the Games as a catalyst for improvements to the A11/A118 corridor through the centre of Tower Hamlets (taking in Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel Road, Mile End Road and Bow Road) and on into Stratford in Newham.
The vision for High Street 2012 is to create a world class and thriving ‘High Street’, where there is a balance between pedestrian and road uses, where people and places are connected, where locals, visitors and tourists want to be, and where there is a sense of well being, community and history.
Proposals for the route have been developed in consultation with local communities. They include
- street actions - a series of measures for the length of the street, such as better lighting and wayfinding, more trees, and restored historic buildings
- area studies - suggesting short, medium and long term improvements to places along the route, including Aldgate, Whitechapel, Mile End and Bow.
Works on the first High Street projects – the new park at Braham Street, and a programme of enhancements to historic buildings in Aldgate, Whitechapel and Mile End – will begin in 2009. Additional projects such as those set out below will be
