Background

To date, the redevelopment of the Square has been carried out in four stages. These have been:

• Stage one – Road and kerb-line changes to accommodate the commuter buses. This work was carried out in 1998.
• Stages two and three – Changing of the road alignment behind the Cathedral and the paving on the eastern side of the Square with granite pavers. This was also carried out in 1998.
• Stage four – Paving the broad area in front of the Cathedral with granite pavers. This work was carried out in 1999

The last stage of the Square to be redeveloped is called ‘Stage 5’ - the north-west quadrant. This area includes the road and kerb-line changes that took place in 1998 as Stage 1 of the Square’s redevelopment.

It was always planned to remove the bus-stops from the northwest quadrant, once a suitable site for the bus interchange had been found. The BusXchange in Lichfield Street was opened in December 1999 and the bus-stops were progressively removed from the Square. The old bus-stops were then set up as P5 car parking and a six car taxi-rank was set up at the eastern end.