Project Update: Week 1
After over 2 years in the planning, Grayshott’s Teen Recreation Area project started this week and this is the first weekly update for our residents.
The project is being run by Proludic, which is a very reputable playground design and construction business. The whole project is planned to take 6 – 8 weeks (weather depending) and should be all finished by Christmas.
Many of you who use the Recreation Ground will have seen the preparation works starting. This week saw the site fencing installed to secure the area and safeguard users of the Recreation Ground. They are also installing their site container near to the car park and have installed robust tracking to protect the ground from the heavy vehicles.
Next week you should start to see work on the excavation of the new pathway as well as the removal of the old skate park fencing.
On a more serious note, concerns have been raised by a member of the public about the environmental impact of the project, in particular to dormice nesting nearby. We have taken this seriously and we engaged an expert ecologist from ACD Environmental to provide a full assessment of the risk. The assessment found that the area being clear was of ‘poor’ suitability for dormice and as such it is unlikely that any dormice or their nest would be present in the area. However, we will take on-board a recommendation to add native planting along the boundaries for the local population of dormice.
My final request for this week’s bulletin is to ask all our residents to treat the workmen with respect and if you do have questions, please be polite and cordial. Serena is also available during office hours to answer questions and we also have an excellent display in the Parish Office setting out the project and the design as well as more information on our website.
I am the project manager for the Parish Council, so please contact me via e-mail on sean.weir@grayshott-pc.gov.uk if you have any questions.
This is an exciting project for our community and the new recreation area will be a marvellous addition to the village – especially for young teenagers!
Many thanks
Sean Weir
