Partial closure of Bishop's Meadow until Christmas


Just to warn everyone that for approximately two months from 29 October Morrison Construction will close the Hinton Road end of the Bishops meadow footpath / cycle route to construct the bund and install the Jubilee Gates. Originally it was hoped that a temporary path would be possible around the works and under the original proposals this would have been possible, however the Jubilee Gates installation requires a different method of construction - steel sheet piles and reinforced concrete as well as the earth bunds originally envisaged. Temporary alternatives paths were considered but the gradient difference to Hinton Road east of the site mean it is not possible to provide a temporary alternative path without the required supporting earthworks impacting on the trees in the vicinity.
The alternative cycle route between Victoria Bridge and Hinton Road will, instead, be via St Martins Avenue (the path leading to the Leisure Pool) and the link back to Hinton Road from the Leisure Pool which will both now have a route maintained through them throughout the works. Morrison Construction are also looking at the possibility of signing a temporary route through the Leisure pool car park to help those who would prefer to avoid using St Martins Street. The riverside path to Putson will also remain open to pedestrians during these works.
Signs, but no barriers will be posted at the Victoria Bridge end of the path announcing the closure of the route and Morrisons have said they will try and reopen it as soon as they can before Christmas so hopefully any inconvenience will be kept down to a minimum.


Posted: Tue - October 23, 2007 at 04:22 pm          

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