Work on the Central Park Ponds Project is back underway.
After a long hiatus, our contractor returned to work on Tuesday to finish the earth works surrounding the ponds.
Most of the heavy lifting will be restoring the playing pitch at the top of the north pond and levelling Reservoir Field ready for fresh seeding.
To enable them to do this safely, the path that links Pounds Park to Central Park will be temporarily closed, with a diversion around the perimeter of Reservoir Field. This will be in place for around five weeks.
In the spirit of being transparent about the challenges with this project we do need to update you on some unwelcome news, though. Because of the various contractual difficulties we've experienced with this project, the planting work which will help to make the park look as we had planned, will need to be done separately.
We know what the residents will say and we accept their comments. For a whole host of reasons, getting this project done has been a slog and we're sorry but we will get there.
We are doing our best to get this project finished and enhance the park that we all know and love.