Cliftonville West councillors Linda Aldred, Doug Clark & Clive Hart have called on Thanet District Council to get the large hoarding which has completely blocked a wide pavement outside 254 to 258 in Northdown Road since last May, removed as soon as possible.The hoarding has been in place since fire destroyed the adjacent former hotel building and the ward councillors had to demand proper safety barriers through Kent Highways to protect residents from busy traffic when it was first erected. Now demolition of the building is almost complete and the councillors want the pavement reopened and public access restored as a matter of urgency.
Cllr. Linda Aldred said "residents have had to put up with the pavement being totally blocked for over eight months and now that the building has been demolished to ground floor level and the ugly shoring scaffolding has finally been removed, we would like to see the hoarding dismantled as soon as is possible.
This ugly obstruction has done nothing to help our struggling Northdown Road and the least our local authorities can do now is to quickly restore the pavement and improve public access for the benefit of local residents and traders".
Last Thursday (14/01/2010) the three ward councillors jointly called on TDC officers to negotiate the safe and swift removal of the hoarding and they report the following progress:
Some working scaffold may need to remain along the property frontage whilst site clearance of building debris continues.It follows that now the shoring scaffold has been removed and when adjustments have been made to any working scaffold that remains, then the site hoarding can be repositioned and the footpath cleared and opened.
TDC are now liaising with KKC highways regarding the removal of highway barriers/ repairs to footpaths etc at the earliest opportunity following removal of the scaffold and hoarding. And, reopening of the footpath.
Published by Cllrs. Linda Aldred, Doug Clark & Clive Hart - 44 Northdown Road, Cliftonville, CT9 2RW.
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