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Not sure how the 7M+ cost relates to the original costings, but there's no denying that it took too long. It was due to be done and dusted by the Summer at the latest, think it was originally penciled in for Spring of 2025. I walked through it yesterday mid-November 2025 and there was still work being done.
If the scope of work changes the contractor is entitled to additional programme time to allow them to do this work. Archaeological excavations are painfully slow for obvious reasons, consultants need to be told to attend and inspect, new arrangements made, etc etc

You'd swear there was nothing governing any of this bar fellas leaning on shovels!
 
If the scope of work changes the contractor is entitled to additional programme time to allow them to do this work. Archaeological excavations are painfully slow for obvious reasons, consultants need to be told to attend and inspect, new arrangements made, etc etc

You'd swear there was nothing governing any of this bar fellas leaning on shovels!
Wasting your time, he doesn’t live in the real world at all.
 
If the scope of work changes the contractor is entitled to additional programme time to allow them to do this work. Archaeological excavations are painfully slow for obvious reasons, consultants need to be told to attend and inspect, new arrangements made, etc etc

You'd swear there was nothing governing any of this bar fellas leaning on shovels!

Yeah it's understandable that the initial plans were best educated guestimates. But I think it's a big stretch to suggest that it came in on time and on budget (not sure about the latter).

As for what we've (almost) ended up with, I think Spring will tell a lot....
 
Was in there at lunchtime. There's still a bit of grass left so was happy to see that. What's the story with the gravel though? It's just being dragged onto the paving making the place look filthy. Truly bizarre decision.
 
Was in there at lunchtime. There's still a bit of grass left so was happy to see that. What's the story with the gravel though? It's just being dragged onto the paving making the place look filthy. Truly bizarre decision.

Yup, noticed that on the SMS exit, it's a very fine gravel - didn't want the winos throwing an unlimited amount of stones at passing traffic 😜, but as such it easily clings to the underside of shoes and gets displaced from the original surface out to the harder flags and onto SMS. In a pretty short time - after the ribbons are cut and the photographers have departed, it's likely that what was originally covered by the very fine gravel will be exposed, become pitted, and puddled, and as you say, the harder surfaces within the Park look unkempt
 
Yeah it's understandable that the initial plans were best educated guestimates. But I think it's a big stretch to suggest that it came in on time and on budget (not sure about the latter).

As for what we've (almost) ended up with, I think Spring will tell a lot....
I don’t know what the original programmer or budget were, but everything is only a FOI request away from the public domain so they would be silly to be telling porkies
 
Was in there at lunchtime. There's still a bit of grass left so was happy to see that. What's the story with the gravel though? It's just being dragged onto the paving making the place look filthy. Truly bizarre decision.
Was there about 2 hrs ago, underwhelming and the gravel got into my shoes
Gravel isn’t the best look

Give it 6 months and the needles will be mixed amongst the gravel with discarded vapes
 
Was there about 2 hrs ago, underwhelming and the gravel got into my shoes
Gravel isn’t the best look

Give it 6 months and the needles will be mixed amongst the gravel with discarded vapes
Jesus, we are world class moaners. What surface should it be then given no one seems to have wanted money spent, but everyone wanted the park improved? Gravel is cheap, it is regularly used in parks all over the world, and will settle down ok here as well.
 
Was the design published before construction took place ?

Like did people have a chance to voice any concerns at any point ?
Like a massive public consultation where everyone is an expert and gets to tell the council what they would have put there.. and then somehow that gets rolled in to one cohesive scheme?!
 
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