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A ROAD is set to close for more than 10 weeks as work recommences on improving flood defences along the promenade in Penzance.
The
eastern spur of Lariggan Road will be closed from April 20 until June
26, and traffic lights are to be put in place at the works on Western
Promenade Road.
Darren
Edwards, streetworks coordinator for Cornwall Council, said: "We will
be using traffic lights so the work can be done without having to shut
down the main road into Newlyn.
"This was one of the provisions put in place for the work to be completed at this time of year."
He
explained how these measures would, hopefully, alleviate the problems
that occurred in October when Western Promenade Road was closed as part
of the original contractor's plans.
The road closure caused access problems for residents and businesses
in Newlyn after the main route into the town was blocked for the work.
He
added that the traffic lights could be operated manually in order to
reduce congestion at busy times, and said they would be removed over
both May bank holidays to limit the project's impact on tourism-based
businesses over these periods.
Building
work on the culverts was recently taken over by the Truro-based company
H20K systems after Molwin Homes pulled out of the development last year.
Improving
the flood defences had been a requirement of Molwin Homes' £35 million
Waterfront regeneration scheme to build new homes on the seafront at
Penzance.
Marcus
Willcox, contracts manager for H20K systems, said: "We are now the main
contractors on this job for the new owners of the site."
"What we have done so far is move the culverts into their new site in the compound in preparation for when the job begins."
Molwin Homes went into administration last year while working on the Waterfront development.
This led to the work on the flood defences being postponed as a new contractor was found to complete the project.
The
original design for the project had been drawn up by H20K systems and
it had been acting in a supervisory role, overseeing the work being
done by Molwin Homes.
Mr Willcox told how this experience put them in a unique position when it came to taking over the works.
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