Pavements along a busy school route in Sherborne have been rebuilt to improve accessibility and safety for pedestrians.
Work started in January this year along Ridgeway to remove sections of damaged paving and replace them with asphalt to improve pavement condition, as well as installing additional dropped kerbs to increase accessibility for local residents.
The twenty-week maintenance scheme was identified following a condition assessment of the route. This found that the significant number of broken and uneven slabs in the area was a result of there being very little construction supporting the paving.
Cllr Ray Bryan, Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment, said: “The old paved surface had become increasingly difficult for vulnerable pedestrians to navigate and, by tackling these damaged footways, we’ve provided a safer route for local primary school children, as well as residents in the area.
“Our team has resurfaced an area of 2,448m², but what you can’t see is the work that has gone into reconstructing the foundation layers of these footways, which will ensure they last for generations of pupils to come.”
Initially, the project focussed on replacing the areas with high levels of damage and those posing a significant trip hazard, but additional funding from Sherborne Town Council ensured that surfaces along the Safe Route to School were rebuilt – including footways in Honeycombe Rise and Hunts Mead.
Steve Shield, Sherborne Town Clerk, said: “The Town Council are delighted to have supported the wider Ridgeway maintenance improvement scheme working in conjunction with Dorset Council to ensure that additional vital routes have been included within this latest programme of works in the town.”
The £312,000 scheme was funded through highway maintenance funding, money awarded through Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding, money contributed by Sherborne Town Council and Local Transport Plan (LTP) Accessible Towns funding.
The project was completed in July, following a short delay in material supply for the scheme.
Lynmoor Road, Weymouth, DT4 7TW is still in a disgusting and awful state. It is becoming unsafe with the road surface disintegrating. In a response to my last e-mail you stated that repairs were in the planning stage!
How much longer will the planning stage be?