Author: Sal
Improvements to Ventnor Esplanade To Start on Monday (Updated Pics)
Friday, 6th November, 2009 at 2:34 pm, Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight Council, News, Roads, Ventnor
Great news for Ventnor Esplanade as the IWC confirm that works to improve the pedestrian access will start from Monday.
Those who made it down to the public consultation held at the Winter Gardens in September will, we’re sure, agree that the works, totaling £100,000 should really tidy up the area and make it feel far more pedestrian friendly.
The council tell us that the project has received widespread local support and we’re not surprised. From what we saw of the plans, the improvements look great.
What’s on the cards?
Here’s the low down from the Council as to what we can expect.
The new footway will be constructed on the northern side of the Esplanade between the existing footway outside the properties ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Sunset’ and the bottom of Shore Hill, opposite the access road to the Eastern Esplanade Car Park.
While the work is carried out, sections of road will be closed to traffic and vehicular diversions put in place. Pedestrian access and access for deliveries to properties and businesses will remain throughout and car parks at either end of the works will remain open. To allow for adverse weather conditions delaying work, the road is scheduled to close between Monday 9 November and Friday 15 January 2010, although work is expected to be completed before Christmas.
Cllr Edward Giles, Isle of Wight Council Cabinet Member for Transport and the Environment said: “We have worked with Ventnor Town Council and local people to create a scheme to meet the needs of residents and businesses. Not only does it create a safer and more pedestrian-friendly area but also improves the public realm, making it even more attractive to residents and visitors to the town.”
This is great news for Ventnor Seafront and brilliant to see money being spent on improving the seafront.
Click on the images below to get a closer look at the planned improvements.
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The Highways Dept and the Cabinet Member for Transport cannot go very far wrong in putting in a footpath. It is when they start tinkering with town-wide traffic flows that everything goes pear-shaped, as they seem to have no expertise or understanding of how to analyse and deal with the problems. Newport is a prime example, where tinkering with bus lanes and cutting off a few yards of two-way traffic has made a mess of the whole system, so that sometimes you have to go all around town to move 50 yards, and everything is funnelled in to the Coppins Bridge gridlock. Now they are starting on the centre of Shanklin (see the posts in the Forum). I don’t know what the widely-discredited Ernie Fox used to do in the real world, but I can’t believe that putting a solicitor in charge of Transport is going to improve things.
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I’m really pleased these works are going ahead and that they’ll be complete by Easter when we start to see visitors back in the town. I remember sitting outside a cafe in March with the sun pouring down and finally being able to see the beach rather than just parked cars. It couldn’t happen sooner in my opinion, as for the businesses moaning about the road being closed – when do you expect it to happen? In the 25th hour of the day?
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The planters being removed also have seating attached. What are the plans for replacing all these lost bench seats – anyone know? Nothing about them in the four pictures. We actualy need more seating during the season, not less.
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I think the pedestrianisation of the Esplanade is long overdue and whilst inconveniencing some of us…can only add to the enjoyment of this lovely stretch of cove. But where ARE … those extra pedestrians… going to sit? Re-iterating the question put by a previous person…. there seem to be none in the pictures. Please do tell us this has been a graphic oversight and that common sense prevails…
Further, are the planters going to be kept, or even added to, since this softens the harshness of pure concrete and adds, so easily, a “Riviera” style to Ventnor.
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Strange how there appears to be no IWCC cash to fix the leaks in the roof of the Winter Gardens, yet there is £100K to polish up the Eplanade….
Mixed priorities?
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