Work to replace heritage stone-work in Bradford city centre underway

Large areas of Bradford were dug up last year for work by Northern Gas Networks, and this included areas of the city centre paved with high quality, traditional setts and stonework.

After the work was completed, the company filled the holes in pedestrian areas with black tarmacadam.

Northern Gas Networks assured residents that the work was temporary, and was need-ed due to the long wait to source the correct stone needed to make proper repairs.

But the patching work led to outrage among many, who claimed the patching was spoiling some of the city’s most impressive streets.

One local photographer posted an image of some of the work, telling his Twitter followers it had been carried out by Bradford Council.

That Tweet received over 15,000 “likes.”

This week contractors have been in the city centre replacing the tarmacadam with the long promised, specially cut heritage stone to match the existing pavement.

Work to repair the heritage stonework (Image: newsquest)

On Thursday workers were installing the stone on Bank Street and Tyrell Street – including the site photographed in the viral Tweet.

Northern Gas Networks has said the work is expected to be fully completed by March.