Building a better Halesowen

Partners Centro, Dudley Council and owners of the Cornbow Centre Vale Retail have worked closely together on the £30 million regeneration of Halesowen town centre.
People in Halesowen will benefit from: 

A brand new state-of-the-art bus station 
Improvements to the road layout in Halesowen town centre 
The construction of a new Asda store located in the Cornbow Centre with a new multi-storey car park.

The new bus station

Centro's new state-of-the-art bus station has a range of features designed to provide a safe, comfortable and attractive environment.

The new bus station has two modern, high-quality waiting areas with electronic doors that open when a bus arrives.

Other benefits include: closed circuit television and help points for extra security, electronic passenger information to make using the bus much easier, an attractive entrance canopy which creates a landmark feature into the Cornbow Centre and a spacious paved area which links the bus station to the shops.

Users of the Ring and Ride bus service will be dropped off and picked up at their own dedicated bus shelter just ahead of bus drop off point A on the Queensway.

Improvements to road layout

Dudley Council has realigned a section of Queensway between Andrew Road and Church Croft. The new road layout includes: three pedestrian crossings near to the bus station, traffic calming measures and the introduction of a 20mph speed limit. The pedestrian crossings are located outside Barclays Bank, opposite the entrance to the Cornbow Centre and near to the Husky Dog Island. The Queensway will continue to be one-way from the High Street to Church Croft with the road then being two-way beyond. Traffic from Church Croft will only be able to turn right onto Queensway.

The Cornbow Centre

Vale Retail has undertaken a major regeneration of the Cornbow Centre which includes a new Asda store on two levels and extended lower level shop units. The existing car park has been replaced with a larger, new multi-storey car park over the Asda store. In a scheme which responded to the needs of the town on this highly visible site Vale has enhanced Halesowen as a shopping focus and improved the facilities available to shoppers and the general public.

Network West Midlands

Network West Midlands is the name that connects all public transport in the West Midlands metropolitan area (Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton).

Centro is the region's transport authority and our aim is to provide a world-class integrated transport system. Centro promotes and develops public transport across the region to ensure everyone benefits from an effective public transport system that meets the economic, social and environmental needs of the West Midlands.

Centro works closely with West Midlands Metropolitan Districts and the private companies who operate bus, train and Metro services.

All are partners in Network West Midlands and are working together to provide better passenger information and invest in improved facilities and services.