Jul 292010
Further to the latest round of public consultations, the designs for the park have been revised and priorities for the first phase of redesign finalised.
It’s proposed now that the £4.5 million initial funding will be spent as follows :
- Convert redundant roads to park
- Improve entrances and boundaries
- Improve accessibility and footpaths
- Re-model landform to create a coherent park and increase the usable space
- Repair and reconfigure the lakeIntroduce part of St. George’s Way Gardens
- Enhance biodiversity and maximise the retention of existing habitat
- Introduce 3000m2 play area near site of Chumleigh Gardens car park
- Implement Signage, furniture and bins, railing renewal
- Expand the New Church Road ‘wild’ area
- Implement 5km circuit
- Re-use existing site materials
Separate funding has been secured from other sources to provide:
- Food growing areas near the Surrey Canal Walk
- Outdoor gyms and satellite play
- National standard BMX track
The full revised plan for the park can be read here.
Compete rubbish about the area from the London Evening Standard!
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23863850-10-years-on-child-gangs-still-terrorise-estate-where-damilola-taylor-was-killed.do