Hi Ian

Nice to hear from you!

The area of the park that you are talking about is to be completed
in what is called 'the second phase' of the park's development.

This has taken an age to come about partly because so much funding
was needed.

The good news is that the funding has finally been found, and work
will start next year. We've seen the plans and they look really
good, they will open up the bottom part of the park and make it look
as smart as the top end.

The more people that show an interest in pushing this through, the
better.

I'm waiting for an email from our contact at Groundwork re:
mustering up some support for pushing this through, when i have it,
I will post details here. It would be great if as many people as
possible let those in authority know that the sooner this is done,
the better!

kelly

--- In angelmeadow@..., "merkurian" <ian.pace@...>
wrote:
>
> Does anybody know when the next stages of development will take
place?
>
> When I asked 2 years ago, I was told that there were plans for the
St
> Michael's Place area at the bottom corner of the Park to be
refurbished
> as part of the Irk Valley Trail but there has been no action on
this -
> it is still full of rubbish and fenced off.
>
> The connection from Irk Street and Irk Place up the actual Lowry
Steps
> into the park remains overgrown with briars and littered with used
> syringes and there is still a muddy strip of grass connecting it
with
> the park walkways - can anyone shed any light on progress in this
area
> please?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ian
>