Repairs to lighting and town centre improvements in Margate and Ramsgate and new seating in Broadstairs are some of the latest successes of the council’s Environmental Action Programme.
The EAP team works to improve the appearance of Thanet’s busiest areas, from town centres to main roads into the district and busy seafront locations.
The planters and basket trees that used to be in Margate High Street have been removed to help open it up, with new hanging basket trees installed. Elsewhere in the town, a team from the EAP and Community Payback cleared away seven tons of rubbish from land at the side of the Nayland Rock. Community Payback also painted the back wall and the side wall in masonry paint, with the EAP team securing sleepers along the front and temporary fencing for the site.
In Ramsgate, refurbishment work has been carried out in Charlotte Court and waste bins in the town’s High Street have been replaced. Similar work to put in new style rubbish bins in Margate will take place before the opening of Turner Contemporary.
New seating has been installed in Broadstairs High Street, with work now underway in Ramsgate High Street. Over the next few months, work will be carried out to replace broken fencing along the Promenade in Broadstairs.
Repairs have been carried out to the Dolphin lights in Ramsgate and the Sturgeon lights in Margate. Lighting in the arches along Royal Parade has also been repaired, with work also carried out to remove vegetation.
Work is also due to start shortly on an improved lighting scheme for Margate Old Town, which will see floodlights being installed. This is expected to be completed by spring 2011.
Cllr. Martin Wise, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, said: “The team has been doing a great deal of work across Thanet over the last few months and making a real difference to the appearance of some of our busiest areas. They’ll be working hard over the next couple of months in readiness for the opening of Turner Contemporary in Margate and the start of the main summer season in our busy resorts. Often, it’s the small things that can make the biggest difference, like lighting repairs, replacing broken fencing and putting in new seating. All these things help to ensure that everyone feels proud of the area they live.”
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