Connected Croydon is needed to create an attractive environment that will secure inward investment and establish the right conditions for a growing residential community, as well as for those who work in and visit Croydon. The key issues that are being addressed are:

• a currently poor public realm, disjointed network and the need for more capacity for public transport.

The Connected Croydon programme is:

• Creating a CMC wide network of joined-up public spaces with a high quality of streetscape design
• Improving Croydon’s environmental performance with a focus on promoting public transport, walking,cycling and the provision of high quality, accessible and safe facilities
• Improving the efficiency and attractiveness of Croydon’s two major public transport interchanges at East and West Croydon
• Removing the severance effect of Wellesley Road, Park Lane and other large pieces of transport infrastructure
• Enlivening spaces with new uses and activities that interact with surrounding buildings, are welcoming, attractive and safe
• Responding to local character by reinforcing the positive characteristics of the town centre
• Enhancing the public perception of Croydon as an attractive place with a unique identity and as a place in which to live and invest
• Enhancing the public realm in the sixteen places of Croydon, including investment in District and Local Centres.