Issue - meetings

A report in respect of the introduction of a pathway to a peace memorial at Bomford Hill was presented by the Portfolio Holder for Leisure.

The Committee was informed that Bomford Hill had recently been redeveloped and a new peace memorial had been installed.  The Church Hill Big Local community group had raised funding to support the installation of a pathway to the memorial.  The Council would utilise this funding to pay for the works to be completed and, consequently, there were no financial implications for the local authority.  Consultation had been held in the community and this had established that there was local demand for a pathway to the memorial.

Following the presentation of the report, Members discussed the proposals in detail.  Questions were raised about the location of the footpath.  The Committee was advised that the footpath would be situated in a new location and the closest residential street would be Redstone Close.

Reference was made to the role of Church Hill Big Local in progressing this project in partnership with the Council.  The Committee thanked Church Hill Big Local for the work undertaken by the group in respect of this matter.  Members also raised the potential value of further work involving community groups working in partnership with the Council in future. 

RECOMMENDED that

1)        the capital programme be amended to incorporate the budget for the works detailed in recommendation 2, and that works be undertaken to re-introduce a gravel pathway at Bomford Hill to improve access to the recently installed piece of memorial; and

1)        the receipt of the total value of (£31,727.37) for the project plus a maintenance figure ( £3,127) is received from Church Hill Big Local.