Bristol Regeneration

Question 1

Why does Temple Quarter need to be regenerated

Answer 1

It was an area of many heavy industries such as timber yards and glassworks
When the area docks shut down due to new ones being made at Avonmouth, for example,. This caused factories to be abandoned and then many area became cintaminated with industrial pollution and waste.

Question 2

Key feature of the regernation

University of Bristol Enterprise

Answer 2

Car-free campus specialising in digital technologies including a £43 million Quantum Technoliges information centre

Question 3

Key feature of the regernation

Temple Meads station

Answer 3

Getting a £10.2m upgrade

Question 4

How successful is the Temple Quarter regeneration

Answer 4

Considered success:
* Area has been transformed to create an attractive and accessible environment
* More than 4000 jobs created as part of the plan to create 17,000 jobs over 25 years
* Almost 400 firms from creative, digital and green industries have moved into the area