A REVAMP of Kidderminster town centre that will see £2m worth of improvements made is underway.

Contractors are now working on the scheme which is part of the Rewyre programme aimed at regenerating Kidderminster and being driven by Wyre Forest District Council and its partners.

Council chiefs have said it will be business as usual for traders in the town while work is carried out.

As part of the scheme, there will be improvements to Exchange Street, Oxford Street, Vicar Street and High Street and the creation of a new public square outside of Kidderminster Town Hall.

A delivery compound has been created on the bullring roundabout. This will be receiving deliveries until the end of July.

The disabled parking bays around the island have been temporarily relocated to the short stay bays along the Bull Ring road.

Temporary signage is in place for traffic travelling down the Bull Ring road which will need to continue up Church Street and turn round at the top.

The raised planting beds outside Lloyds bank and the Swan Centre have now been demolished and patched up as a temporary measure before the new paving is installed.

Excavation for new drainage is currently taking place outside Superdrug and Trespass. The area is fenced off for safety and business is open as usual.

The new paving along Vicar Street will start to be laid in the next few weeks and the market will continue to operate on Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the duration of the works.

Mike Parker, Wyre Forest District Council’s Director for Economic Prosperity and Place said: “The Rewyre project is now coming to fruition and it’s good to see more things happening ‘on the ground’.

“Improving the public realm in Kidderminster town centre has been a longstanding ambition for the Council and, like all regeneration programmes, there has been a great deal of planning and work behind the scenes to bring the vision to reality.

“We are pleased that the Rewyre project, which was initiated in 2009, is now in full flow and local people as well as businesses are seeing changes that re-shape the way we enter and move about in the town as well as how it looks and feels.”