Contractors on site next week, so what future these shrubs and trees in Pier Gardens?
PART of Pier Gardens in Cleethorpes will be given over to a skateboard park.
This has been confirmed by North East Lincolnshire Council which has awarded a contract to Coventry-based Geotechnics Ltd to carry out a week-long survey, starting on Monday 28 October.
This will involve rotary core drilling to check for ground conditions and also digging inspection pits to check where utility pipes are located.
The investigations will be conducted in the daytime, between approximately 9am and 4pm, with large machinery on site.
The proposed revamp of Pier Gardens is supported by £18.4-million which was awarded to Cleethorpes out of Whitehall's Levelling Up Fund.
NELC says the proposed design will incorporate
* An area for children’s and adults’ social activities
* An area designed specifically for the 'skateboarding community'
* An area specifically designed for more 'contemplative' activities.
It says the project is based partly on input from local people, so it is hopeful not to reignite the controversy sparked in spring by its removal of the hedgerow maze just at a time when songbirds were prospecting for nesting sites.
No detail has been provided on the likely location of the skateboard park, but the grass putting green opposite Cleethorpes Library could be in the frame.
Other lawns and many of the shrubs are also at risk of being 'removed' though NELC insists that most, if not all, of the trees will be retained.
Although NELC originally signalled its intention to submit a planning application for the project, it is now likely to skip this stage in order not to delay the scheme.
However, it may have to re-think this if it seeks to install structures taller than four metres such as lighting and CCTV towers.
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