Work on £6.6m Travelodge set to begin

Work on a £6.6m project to transform the derelict hotel in Nottinghamshire into a Travelodge is set to get underway next week.Up to 70 new jobs will be created when the scheme at the Robin Hood Hotel site in Lombard Street, Newark, is completed.Work is due to start on Monday 23 September after planning permission was granted earlier this year.Construction on the 66-room hotel is expected to be finished by the summer of 2020. The main contractor is Lindum.The first phase of the project will concentrate on the conservation of the grade II-listed structures and will continue until early next year.The second phase will focus on the new build at the rear of the Lombard Street site, in creating the 66-bedroom Travelodge hotel.The development is being led by a joint venture company RHH Newark Ltd which was set up by Newark and Sherwood District Council in partnership with the current owner of the existing buildings MF Strawson Ltd.The current siteIt will also include three commercial units, possibly including a gym, café and restaurant, built on the site.In the New Year, construction of the new structure will begin and the tower crane will arrive on site.