Huge plans to transform Bury Market with the creation of multi-million pound ‘flexi-hall’ and and a new roof have been given the green light.
The three-storey ‘flexi-hall’ in the western part of the site will contain two floors, constructed from brick and timber and accessed from Murray Road. It would be used for conferences, meetings and training, banquets, awards dinners, drinks receptions, small trade exhibitions, public exhibitions, weddings, private parties and Christmas parties.
The new canopy structure would be a membrane with polycarbonate panels and would consist of a canopy with a series of pitched roofs set above the existing market stalls. The construction compound would be erected in the south eastern corner of the market car park on the south side of Angouleme Way. Funding for the project is coming from Bury council’s successful bid to the government’s Levelling Up fund, and form part of the wider regeneration of the town centre.