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River
Soar Foot and Cycle Bridge Competition
This new competition seeks suitable
architect or engineering-led teams for the design of a new foot
and cycle bridge crossing the River Soar in Leicester. The competition
is being organised by the RIBA Competitions Office.
The project vision is to stimulate
the regeneration of the Abbey Meadows area of the city and to
connect the proposed Leicester Science Park and the adjacent
National Space Centre, with the residential development to be
carried out at Wolsey Island on the opposite bank of the River
Soar.
The budget for the bridge is
estimated to be £1.5 m inclusive of fees.
Initial application will be by
expression of interest. A shortlist of up to six teams will then
be selected to take part in the design phase of the competition.
Anyone interested in being considered
should contact the RIBA Competitions Office for a preliminary
briefing paper. This can be downloaded from www.architecture.com/competitions.
The deadline for receipt of expressions of interest is 2.00pm
on Thursday 4 December 2008.
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