From Eyesore to Icon: Blightea-on-the-Wold's Super Duper Shopping Center!

[@BillinhoBamford]

That's looking a lot better, Biffa. I'd move the Metro stop over the road to the pedestrian side (as at the moment all the passengers have to risk their lives crossing between all those delivery trucks).

[@Channel-q7q]

I would love to see a big royal estate with a giant English garden! It’s been a holiday home for generations of the Tea-udor family 😂

[@riceycakezz]

Genius haha

[@l3v1ckUK]

Time for someone to create National Trust assets.

[@ActualDav]

à la hampton court palace

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Genius. Even Czardus with his Middleshire (same map) has that.

[@RanenJ]

Haha we can pretend its Hugo's house

[@hugovidal7084]

I think its a shame that you don’t use the meteor plaza in reference of the meteor crash. Also a huge cinema complex would be nice. Keep going

[@plip13]

Yes !! Yes yes yes !!

[@thenamelesspoet]

I came to say it just needed a cinema and it was perfect!

[@l3v1ckUK]

You can't have a cinema without a bowling alley next to it

[@plip13]

@@l3v1ckUK And a Petanque pitch!! (Or field, I don't know how to say it in English.)

[@xSputters]

A cinema/bowling alley/nandos complex somewhere in the city wouldn't look out of place!

[@ryderlynch2281]

One possible change you may want to consider is the addition of a "trucks only" entry and exit, leaving the main entrance road for shoppers to alleviate the traffic into the shopping center. Aside from that, maybe add in small residential apartments maybe? The corners of the triangle the areas makes could possibly be a nice spot for nice upscale apartments. It would allow the workers somewhere close to work to live.

[@Wiimeiser]

I'd just use the existing one going to the Waste Transfer buildings, to be honest.

[@quantumkong8118]

This episode has flown in...there's just not enough Biffatime these days when you really look forward to a new video, especially when it's Blightea!

[@Burninnapalm]

Hi Biffa! The area is a vast improvement over the Illuminati Center you had previous. I suggest making the service loop road completely separate from the customer loop road to improve the customer experience. You could have the service loop come directly off the highway to the back of the shops, and have the service road go under the customer loop near the underground station to help improve not only traffic flow, but keep the customer facing side free of truck traffic.

[@roybmanofmerlin]

I would love an actual download pack of Biffa corp with things like a tea shop, cool beans shop for both normal and eco buildings, a tea plantation for farming, a corporate skyscraper building, a traffic management building like the road maintenance, a hugo there and lane mathmatics office buildings, and others with a few maps too for both pc and console

[@hamad-rr]

6:28 I liked the way it was displayed that there is a small number that shows how many times this asset has been used and also if it has not been used at all, what is the name of this mod ?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Hi Hamad, thanks for your support. That feature is in the Find It mod :-)

[@Quiapecavinimiscogitatione]

Blighty! I missed you Blightea-on-the-wold! Now the shopping center no longer looks like a series of warehouses. However, I think you should connect the waste facility to another road that is not one way so as not to clog traffic on the shopping center. You can also have the service points on that same road.

[@jordandegraaff]

Yay! I’ve really missed Blightea on the Wold. So glad to be back in Britain. I’ll actually be going there in the summer, so I’m looking forward to that.

[@Superduper243]

That looks soooo much better Biffa! 👏🏼 I love the plazas and trees through the middle. Makes it look like a place of interest instead of just a place to shop, well done! Few points, it needs more road connections! The road behind Morrison's is screaming for one. Maybe another connection to a main road from the waste facility too? Also, supermarkets usually have their parking in the front of the store right? With the cars parking parallel to the building as it makes it safer for pedestrians to walk from their cars

[@shaneintheuk2026]

This is a massive improvement over the triangular one. It is a shame the Pedestrian Roads cause the shops to require a pedestrian area even though you have the spawn point behind the shop. I suspect you could use paths instead and it would work.

[@ScottF-hh5yj]

Another great video Biffa! Blightea is my favourite series atm. Great to see this town coming along. This looks much better than the old retail park. There are some minor housekeeping things that people have been mentioning in the comments; and it’s really awesome of you to consider those things as improvements to your build. I do think that the parking for the ‘flagship’ Morrison’s supermarket needs to be at the front of the store, not behind it. Lastly, I’d love to see some more leisure units in that trading estate; depending upon what assets are available. Maybe a cinema, or a gym? Keep up the good work!

[@darrensummers5052]

Welcome back Blightea! Thought this day would never come 😅 that shopping park is massive improvement on the last one which I’ll admit baffled me when it was originally made. I also couldn’t help but notice that huge residential demand. Thinking you’ve got some major expanding to do very shortly.. maybe even a city centre of sorts with high density UK style buildings to erect? 🤔🤔🤔

[@sztrapesz]

I was one of the people who were complaining about this retail park. Thank you for listening us! It looks much better now! But I still have an idea: another separeted lane for the lorrys and trucks before the "half-roundabout" there and back as well. If you do it nicely, from the top it will be similar to new Tesla Gigafactory roads 😂 It won't slow down the cars to and from the retail park. At the Metro station the pedestrians are walking across the road constantly. Can you put the station to the pedestrian area?

[@TatyanaSZabanova]

Make part of that now elevated road a bridge and add a path under it, so people from the residential dont need to cross to go shopping

[@Skittles973]

Great build Biffa, love this retail park. Missed good old Blightea and happy to see it back.

[@benjaminsmith3625]

Really nice redesign. I think it'd be neat to separate out the cargo roads in the retail park totally from the customer roads so that there's not a lorries anywhere near where pedestrians are crossing the carparks. Lovely to see Blightea-on-the-Wold back!

[@mantabloke8141]

put the meteorite memorial park over the dark area

[@randomchick1234]

I mostly hated that shopping centre because it reminds me of all the WORST business parks I've ever been to

[@carriegarrisonvos4433]

Well I had the giggles over the truck flying around all over the place 😂 Sometimes these games have a mind of their own!! Really love the new shopping area!! Makes much better sense now and looks really nice🤩

[@rogvagen]

That little bridge section 13:57 screams for a path to go under it and connect to the houses i believe! 😊

[@ScottAHatfieldJr]

Biffa! Great episode! As always! You should probably add a retaining wall around the motorway. And also you missed a golden opportunity to put in the meteor park as a memorial to the area and capitalize on some money into that park !

[@mgunter]

Change it to the pedestrian road with bus lanes so they don't clog the middle.

[@srm20320]

As a diehard Biffa fans for years now, I believe I can say with 99% confidence - those two paths that connect the shopping center to the neighborhood are a crime against humanity. Bro. You went and fixed a monster - made it beautiful 10/10 on the upgrades and then boom, those two paths. Lower the road to better height? Nah... Use a tunnel for the walking paths? Oh no my friend. Create the elevated paths of shame? Perfection. That is definitely not cool beans Biffa. Not cool beans at all. Shopping Center looks great though, and I look forward to the next episode with meteor #2 for those paths my friend. :) Oh, and keep up the great work!!!

[@plip13]

Thanks for this video. Why not adding a Movie Theater or the big Wheel (sorry, don't know the name in english....) from the amusment park. Could be fun. Don't you also have a Waitrose supermarket ?

[@itsdrplacebo4066]

Is that the new MeTEAor Shopping Center I see?

[@paulknight5018]

Liking that name

[@PerfectAlibi1]

Biffa must see this comment ^^

[@jdpierce2359]

That center space in the shopping would work GREAT for a water feature. Maybe some recreation/park?

[@Jim.Hummel]

Those store assets look fantastic! Let's grab the reusable bags and hop on the metro to go shopping! I'm totally ready to move in!!!

[@benjaminhock215]

rumor has it the delivery truck still orbits the shopping center to this day

[@eskinkc]

Much better! I like it. Maybe a separate truck entrance that connects to the garbage intersection

[@mateuszkunda9400]

Love the new look of the retail park! And hope Blightea is back for good this time, feels ages since the previous episode!

[@zecuse]

17:26 The Identified Semi Driver (ISD) of Blightea-on-the-Wold! Some say he came here on the meteor that struck the old retail park. Some say the meteor released him from an ancient subterranean prison. Whichever the case may be, we currently know he's delivering shoes in a partially loaded trailer.

[@urbypilot2136]

This is actually a great looking pedestrian and commercial area!

[@mrhedgebull1658]

Now that Blightea-on-the-Wold is working again are you going to build a Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Park somewhere? I feel it would be appropriate.

[@OyvindSolstad]

Like it! Only thing I would change is to make a tunnel under the four lane road to the area with all the private house. Now people have to cross a busy main road for their shopping.

[@tsgnminiwata2518]

22:12 the subtle edit

[@BlueJon1975]

Enjoyed the redesign! Unless I missed the spawn point for Morrisons needs moving to the rear

[@lauraproulx4684]

I liked the old shopping plaza, but the new one blows it out of the park! You have amazing detailing skills. Thanks for the ideas 👌

[@slosubies4845]

Amazing! Now it needs some walkable housing complexes on the other side of the viaduct to support those businesses. Also, I'd love to see how much of a difference it made on the metro use to that area.

[@sarahrichards1281]

Instead of parking either side and the parks on the inside, (which forces people to park on one side and then drive or walk through a parking lot to the shops on the other side) why not have the metro station and parking all in the middle. Then flank that one big parking lot with the parks and such. That way, they can park and are equal distance from both sides and the parking lot is bit more obscured by the green space on either side.

[@Silvertaurus_]

I do play with random disasters turned on. It's adding flavour to game, to be ready for them and as well rebuild parts which were destroyed .. Also not removing "ground scars" just building around them, leaving them as landmarks of city history.

[@l3v1ckUK]

10:00 The space in the middle. A lot of UK retail parks would have fast food outlets/restaurants in there. (eg Nando's, TGI Friday, McD's etc). I'm thinking of places like Parkgate in Rotherham that have those in the middle of the car park (ish). I'll continue watching and see if that's what you do

[@18robsmith]

Not to mention at least a dozen Costa coffee shops (other coffee shop chains are available).

[@l3v1ckUK]

There are. But why would you choose Starbucks if there's a Costa (or at a push a Nero) nearby?

[@periankalon5100]

That was my thinking as well, but I wasn't sure if the UK did it. I think the mall needs advertisements. Billboards at the hway exit, pedestrian billboards on the pedestrian roads.

[@18robsmith]

@@periankalon5100 We have a surfeit of Costa places 😞 UK doesn't go in for billboards in the way that the US does, but still has a few (and even so far too many of those painfully bright LED rolling displays.....)

[@l3v1ckUK]

@@periankalon5100 We tend not to get bill boards by motorway exits etc. Occasionally you see them in the sides of buildings, usually in city centres, but in nothing like the numbers you get in the USA.

[@callumwalker648]

I would probably recommend giving priority to the trucks going around on the roads. And also using the 'enter junction' option on the entrance/exit. I can see you returning here to fix the traffic issues very soon

[@Braddowski]

You could really do with a separate service road for all those lorries...

[@LarrySkylines]

Pro tip: Pause the game and click on the meteor. It has a name and description like everything else!

[@macaidwin]

yeah, superduper upgrade! I would suggest the name Biffalo shopping center, to refer to the sister city / twin town and the shoppingcenters architect.

[@dannykelly9951]

Great build as always biffa! Blightea is my favourite series you do

[@maidenminnesota1]

That looks so much better than it did. Loving it!

[@delroyclarke1989]

Love the episode, yeah I think it's a vast improvement to what was there before 😊

[@TechyMantis]

Love the new area, maybe the rebuilt shopping area could do with a cinema and a Greggs?

[@heavyarms55]

I don't think the original was bad, but I do like this one more!

[@RogueSC0]

This really needs completely separate roads/entrances for the delivery trucks.

[@ArnoModelstate]

You could've put the bus stops (using bus only roads) in the middle and put the metro there too and then with a bit of spacing in the middle of the carparks to put in a pedestrian bridge so they don't interfere with all the trucks.

[@Qoushik]

Ah, Cities Skylines AI, never disappoints!

[@dustyboat8802]

Nice to see another Blightea episode.. the trading estate is sooooo much better than before! I think it would make sense, now that you're using the pedestrian service buildings that the delivery trucks have a designated entrance/exit. Thinking of trading estates near me, you don't see the trucks using the same roads as customers, and with just a small T junction it's gonna get extremely busy... I also think an entertainment complex on the other side of the viaduct would add some synergy. Cinema, bowling alley, more restaurants, that kind of stuff...

[@edwardmiessner6502]

This looks a lot better than it did before Biffa! 👍👍 But I have a suggestion: that 20:45 orange line that comes over from East Kettling, why not extend it into St Giles and The Wave shopping centre?

[@jasonh8753]

Biffa, Biffa, that middle couplet in the shopping center is a ROUND ABOUT. You need to officially set it up as one with all the give ways to help with traffic. 👍

[@marctibbits5752]

Don’t forget to like the video!

[@maksimsem8451]

Love your series! The other line of shops had complained bc you might have forgotten to move pick up points for them as well. If you want to keep pedestrian zone there, service points might look better next to the recycling facilities on the other side of railway, with their own connection to the highway. And like that, separate visitors and delivery traffic. New shopping center was a great idea and look amazing!

[@joelwhitaker9018]

You could put a train station behind the shopping area as the track goes behind and it gives a secondary way to get back to the city and clears traffic making it a little easier

[@chrisolivetree1479]

we need an airport!! Teathrow!! Lu-tea-n maybe? Always a joy to watch the videos!!

[@NotFlint]

It turned out great, much better than before. To deal with the incoming traffic, I would put the outside lane as trucks and service vehicles only because they are forced round anyway, and the second lane only for private vehicles and buses. It seemed to me they are all using the outside lane. So the tailback wouldn't be as far as it was.

[@IAMSmoooN]

You could add some leisure areas, cinemas, restaurants, bars etc!

[@thesunnynationg]

17:36 you can lower the tunnel bc they're driving up into the tunnel and after they leave they're going back down. maybe just Level the road from the T junction to the next junction after the tunnel.

[@trapiswack731]

Nicely done. Maybe the T junction/entrance should be a roundabout to help traffic flow, i feel like it'd be a roundabout in real life. You could also straighten the road leading to the shopping district.

[@mies1mies]

I liked the shops that you distroit with the meteor

[@rfresa]

I think you need some pedestrian crossings on those truck roads where the paths come down. Also maybe a trucks-only entrance and exit to the shopping centre.

[@zacharyseckman4226]

Ooooo, that McDonalds though.... love it!

[@BeMisty]

Looking much better now! 👌

[@katiena1251]

LOL I still don't get why people hated this plaza so much. But I know, You'll make it better than ever, after it's destroyed so, yay!

[@ceciadovana5971]

Name suggestion for this place: Arch Tea Shop Centre. Because of the railway arches 😋

[@Clavichordist]

Clus made some "pedestrian roads". People walk on them in the middle just as they do on the DLC version. Since these are regular roads, you need to use TMPE and remove vehicles. That small inconvenience aside, they look really nice. The only disadvantage is they don't have the bollards across the ends of the streets where they meet up with regular roads.

[@jo-anneharris4033]

I'm being picky, but I noticed that Kingsdown Center is spelt the American way. Mate, we're in Blightea! Love what you do..😀

[@xSputters]

For the entrance road into the half roundabout, could you make the left lane trucks only? Force the lorries into the left to go down the back of the shops and the cars to the road towards the car park. Would spilt the traffic up so both lanes are used :) Wonderful building as always!

[@paulknight5018]

That's a lot better, but slightly spoiled IMHO by the lorries if they are using the service point why not move this to next to the recycling centre so roads are not jammed up for the centre? Alternatively use a separate lorries only road to enter and leave the centre?

[@Gavroche_]

I've missed this series so much! Thanks for bringing it back!

[@StrangeEntity__]

I just love the nonchalant vehicle floating by at min 25😂

[@damontaejanuary5722]

The mall rebuild looks like many malls that we have in USA. I really do like this build

[@petedotnu]

This is a huge improvement, but you seem to have way more car parking than you need, and also having the trucks driving across the front of Morrissons, where they cross paths with the customer traffic and pedestrians, is weird. One thing I did like about the previous design was the attempt to keep the lorries away from the punters.

[@simongeard4824]

One thought on the pedestrian-zone issues. You removed that zone because the buildings all had road access at the back, and you'd moved the delivery truck spawn points to the back - but I didn't notice if you also moved the garbage truck points? That might be why it was complaining, if those were still being accessed via the pedestrian-only roads?

[@noahkohn9350]

Spawn points for the garbage trucks could go out the back of the shops too. Also, block cars from the truck roads behind the shops.

[@666JGNotts]

It’s looking great but probably crying out for an M&S there too :)

[@thesheq5023]

Hey 2 things that might help: In tmpe use lane connectors to give the truck turnoff its own lane and cars their own lane. It’ll help with the tailback. Also should try the policy in the pedestrian zone of “deliver everything”. It will give the effect you’re looking for. Can also rico a building or something to be a warehouse for commercial goods to help a bit with traffic that way. Also where your bus stops are you could try bus lanes or bus pedestrian roads on that section only to give a nice look

[@Flame-Fire-Original]

18:10 Gotta build an Airport for that truck lmao

[@Seb512]

Great work! Only thing I would suggest is adding crossings along the central roads so pedestrians don’t have to walk all the way to the end to use the plazas and paths in the centre. Sparky’s Uk roads 2.0 also has some better looking one-way roads with slab pavements you could use there too

[@zuzukrahmat]

This is the second time Blightea on the Wold hit with meteor hahaha.

[@andrewwhewell6422]

Great start on this area and feels like it can be developed as you slowly surround it with residential areas (that bit the other side of the railway viaduct screams residential new build to me) I think others have mentioned it, but a cinema and some late night eateries would be a good addition. That metro station needs to be loved as there's too much contention between the pedestrians and the traffic... It doesn't break the game but it just doesn't look safe. A little transit hub would be lovely although in reality there would be no public transit to a place like this in real life!

[@Chorcai]

Love this Biffa, but I would add a service road off the main entrance where only trucks can use, not sure about the trucks driving in front of the metro station.

[@richrichard6520]

Perhaps a couple of walking paths via tunnels under the highway...? There are already paths on the other side to connect thru to.

[@Slack_man]

The truck loop might benefit from being separate from the main entrance as it will limit the amount of traffic in the centre

[@unclemikeyplays]

Re: workers problem: "Nobody wants to work any more!" :-D

[@markusojala2132]

Maybe you could have like a small theme park/water park on the other side of the tracks. Could be logical place located next to big shopping area

[@Gary87]

Maybe add a footbridge for the metro so people aren’t crossing the road as much to help traffic

[@strongestman10]

you should rename the are to beckton shopping park

[@LukesYTube]

Soooo many people it must be black friday sales in that shopping area :D

[@pgmetcalf]

Liking this. You know what? I'd be tempted to add a swimming pool or lido to the complex

[@ajweiwill]

I really like the new design as before it looked like an industrial area, however, I think you may have added too much parking. The area is well served by transit so I think that so much focus on parking is unnecessary and could be better used for more greenspace or more standalone restaurants. Lastly you could change the pedestrian streets in the center of the one way system could be changed to transit/ped street a couple of buses could serve the new area.

[@matthewoshea_]

I was just thinking about how it would be nice to have a Blightea episode! And the shopping centre no less! Thank you Biffa

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

You're welcome 😊

[@tigonologdring9189]

Nice rework but still a giant cul-de-sac... would probably (certainly?) have another way in/out, maybe via Morrisons?