| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog | |
| Posted by: | Kathleen Healy | |
| Date/Time: | 03/03/26 15:58:00 |
| Guy for the record for the restoration of Promenade Approach. Dukes Meadows Trust; Commissioned a condition survey of the gates Used it to get quotes for repair from blacksmiths and stonemasons Found the contractors Paid for a six week history project at Cavendish School to engage children with the project and gather ideas for improving the Approach Road. Ask Toni Louki he attended the culminating event when Mayor Applied for grants, securing funding from Heritage of London. Committed £27k of the Trust's reserves Project managed the restoration Applied and got a £9k grant from the Council for the work For the road itself Engaged contractors and paid QS Gardiner & Theobald to discuss and identify the most cost effective way of restoring the road and to obtain a cost estimate to aid fundraising Secured scheme drawings from local landscape architect Tibor Babic and conducted a public survey on the proposals including running stalls outside local media the Pier House and at our Sunday Market it. Also sent it to local amenity groups and local media. Paid Alice Brown of AAB Architects, who we worked with us on the paddling pol and play area to draw up a detailed spec and put it out to tender. Paid Alice to tender the work Paid Alice to supervise the delivery of the contract and met on site for progress ,meetings with Alice and Blakedown who did a fantastic job. Pump House Employed a contractor and paid to have the graffiti removed from the building, the brickwork to be repointed in heritage mortar and the rotten wood detailing to be replaced. Employed a surveyor and contractor and paid for the rotten felt roof to be replaced with red clay tiles. Designed a planting scheme for the Pump House bed and spent £1500 on lants that were put in and are maintained by our volunteers. The Council contributed no money towards this part of the restoration. Bought and planted 4000 Tete a Tete bulbs along the Approach We applied for a got a CIL grant of £200k. We have contributed around £50k in total towards the project as well as consulting extensively, raising funds, providing project management and engaging volunteers for the planting work. This year our volunteers cleared all the leaves from the road. We spread them under the copse of birch trees we have been planting beside the play area fr the last 5 years. The above took 8 years, including unsuccessful applications to HLF. Without our considerable effort the gates Rd and Pump House would be in the same sorry state. But you think the Council restored Promenade Approach?! This the arrogance and resentment against people actually doing things. You don't have the grace to say thank you and have so little achievement to point to yourself, you want to shamelessly claim credit for what other people have done. As for Glyphosate, it wasn't a topic of discussion then, there had been no ban. That is a blatant lie or you are confused. I asked to meet to seek your support in resisting putting parking bays beside the river in the middle of the park against environmental planning policy. You were no help. The rudeness and arrogance is staggering. The Greens loss is Labours gain. |