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| New Forest District Council leader and Hampshire County Council environment portfolio holder Councillor Mel Kendal rounds off the tree planting watched by (left to right) Hythe and Dibden parish clerk David Shimpe, District and Parish councillor Graham Parkes, NFDC corporate tree manager Liz Beckett and planting supervisor Andrew Tilly of contractors Cannon |
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Just one small spade for man and one giant spade full for the centre of Hythe.
That was how New Forest District Council leader Mel Kendal described the completion of more than £1.2 million worth of improvements which have transformed the area from the Promenade through to St John’s Street Car Park.
Councillor Kendal, who is also Hampshire County Council’s executive member for environment, was planting a Persian Ironwood tree to mark the completion of the St John’s Street and car park work which has come hot on the heels of the award-winning £800,000 Hythe Promenade project.
The enhancements have been a partnership venture involving New Forest District Council, Hampshire County Council and Hythe and Dibden Parish Council and Councillor Kendal said: “These projects have been glowing examples of what can be achieved when authorities work together in partnership.”
The £416,000 St John’s Street and car park scheme involved re-vamping and re-surfacing the 158-space car park as well as improving the appearance and pedestrian safety of St John’s Street.
The car park, which serves as Hythe’s market place every Tuesday, has improved entry and exit points, a ramp to help people with wheelchairs, pushchairs or shopping trolleys, new seating and landscaping which has included the planting of 14 trees.
The latest enhancement, Councillor Kendal explained, was £86,000 more expensive than expected because of complications when the foundations of the old hovercraft research establishment buildings were unearthed, with soft silt beneath them.
The latter problem added £86,000 to the original £330,000 estimate, but Councillor Kendal, who is also Hampshire County Council’s executive member for environment, commented: “When problems arise, they have to be solved and the important thing is that the work has now been completed, to a high standard.”
The highway work involved some narrowing of St John’s Street with the use of heavy timber bollards in order to calm the movement of traffic and make the area safer for the considerable number of pedestrians.
There was national recognition for the Hythe Promenade scheme when it was recently named as highly commended in the pedestrian environment category of the Local Government News street design awards. |
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