The Green finally got a long overdue facelift and it looks generally great ... if you ignore a few parts ...
The plans were approved in June 2011 - the works were announced in November 2011, started in January 2012, and were due to be ready ahead of the Olympics ...
I know there were delays due to contamination, rain and what not. But I have not seen any movement in at least six months ...
But the parts that are finished ARE great.
Dear Council, can you push the contractors, can we get this finished as soon as possible? It does not look good at all.
UPDATE 21.03.13 [from Chris Underwood] - Local Top Tory Cllr Harry Phibbs saw this posting and decided to answer intrepid reporter Bart's query. It seems we're now looking at the end of May this year. Here's the word of the official looking after the Green - it seems that it's been tough for them to drain the various lakes that form the W12 marine ecosystem:
But the parts that are finished ARE great. Dear Council, can you push the contractors, can we get this finished as soon as possible? It does not look good at all.
UPDATE 21.03.13 [from Chris Underwood] - Local Top Tory Cllr Harry Phibbs saw this posting and decided to answer intrepid reporter Bart's query. It seems we're now looking at the end of May this year. Here's the word of the official looking after the Green - it seems that it's been tough for them to drain the various lakes that form the W12 marine ecosystem:
"I am sure you are aware that the weather has not been kind in terms of completing this project (2012 was the 2nd wettest year in recorded history!).However Officers have been working hard with the contractor FM Conway Ltd. In particular over the past few months, various options to improve the drainage (such as underground tile drains, aeration, etc.) on the unfinished sections have been explored. It was decided that aeration was the most efficient and suitable solution and this began yesterday. As the unturfed areas are still quite wet, a smaller aeration machine was used on the newly laid turf areas where ponding and flooding was evident. Once completed, the areas appeared to free drain and the flooding/ponding disappeared.So now you know. Well done to Bart and many thanks as ever to Harry.
The contractor returned to site today to use the small machine on the extents of the large area to relieve some of the ponding. This has made a difference to the worst areas and should enable the soil to dry out sufficiently to allow a larger machine to be used sometime next week.
Once sufficiently drained, the areas will be prepared and immediately turfed. We are pushing hard and hopeful that the Green will be completed by the end of May".
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