What a difference a week makes!

FM Conway have made great progress this week and LBP are pleased to report that so far each trench dug out has been straightforward. However, there are no guarantees this will continue as excavations progress throughout the rest of Chartwell Road. We have our fingers crossed though.

The plan to keep excavations to one side of the road at a time is working well and this will be maintained as much as possible.

LBP has been monitoring traffic flow and apart from the complications posed by the broken down artic in Chartwell Road yesterday afternoon, traffic has continued to flow well. FM Conway are committed to helping maintain access and traffic flow, so please do approach the crew if you have any issues and they will happily revise operations to assist you.

The crew has now progressed to the entrance of Chartwell Road and appreciate the issues this could cause, so are trying their hardest to excavate and repair this area as quickly as possible. It's hoped this area will be completed today if possible.

What a wonderful sight to see works commence on filling the areas of plating across the park with an interim surface. The aim is to provide a flat surface before the works are completed at the end of August and for full resurfacing works to be applied for next year.

Next week the crew aim to fill all excavated areas on Tuesday ready for reopening on Wednesday and then to swap sides of the road. This is dependant on many factors, so please bear with us as works progress as quickly as possible.

On Tuesday works are also due to commence outside Chartwell Business Centre (CBC), reducing this access to one vehicle at a time. During these works pedestrian access to CBC will be via the gate to the side of the main vehicle access point. These works are expected to take at least a week as one side of the access needs to repaired and cured before works on the other side can commence. Please can CBC businesses ask staff and visitors to be as patient as possible and to drive slowly through these works.

The holiday period has definitely reduced the number of movements on the park to help make these works possible. LBP do however understand the works are noisy and unavoidably disruptive.  LBP would like to thank all businesses and drivers for their understanding during these essential works and please rest assure everything possible is being done to speed through these works.

More news next week.