Overview and objectives

Colmore Business Improvement District and Birmingham City Council are working together to deliver the Snow Hill Public Realm programme. The programme includes a number of projects to improve public transport interchange and connectivity, enhance the public realm and prioritise pedestrian movement, reallocate the unused on-street parking and encourage on-street activities

The objectives of the programme are:

• Improve the appearance of Snow Hill Station
• Reduce delay for all users on Colmore Row outside Station Square
• Improve the permeability of Snow Hill Queensway
• Improve pedestrian access across Great Charles Street Queensway
• Improve east-west connectivity
• Reduce traffic congestion on Colmore Row
• Improve the public realm in the historic Colmore area
• Reduce delay at the Colmore Row – Livery Street junction

The first two projects in the programme are:

• Colmore Row East and Livery Street
• Cornwall Street