Further Consultation on the Firs and Firs Field Boundary
As most people know there has been a consultation on improvements to the Firs Field when it is returned to the community, after the completion of the Combe Down Stone Mines stabilisation project.
Part of the consultation was about the replacement of the chain link fence along the boundary of the Field, with a stone wall. You may also be aware that changes to the Firs, including resurfacing, widening of the pavement at the southern end, a ‘pinch point’ in the middle and provision of three parking bays, was delayed by the closure of Combe Road some years ago.
There has been no integration of these two schemes and there has been some inaccurate and contradictory information about each scheme, leading to confusion amongst residents.
Therefore the Council has decided that a further consultation will be carried out on the Firs Field boundary involving the wall and trees, together with the improvements to the Firs, so that an integrated scheme can be devised. The consultation will be carried out in June 2009, with the works beginning in February 2010, when the Field is returned.
Although this will add considerably to the time it has taken to put in place improvements to the Firs, it makes no sense to go ahead with these works and to take the chance that there could be further alterations when changes to the boundary are decided upon.
Photograph shows Cherry and myself in the Firs. We will make sure that the funding for improvements to the Firs is safeguarded.
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