OurTimes
Fitton Hill Environmental Programme
The successful contractor for the project will be chosen and appointed in December. Three local residents have agreed to be involved in the interview process and monitor the progress of the works programme once on site. The environmental programme in Fitton Hill will be starting early next year and all works will be completed by March 2011. Below is an overview of the main works we will be carrying out: • Many Villages properties will be provided with driveways. •
An area of green open space equivalent to 4 Wembley football pitches will be improved. This is on 42 separate spaces throughout the estate.
•
A total of 3.5 miles of boundary will be improved with 76 Villages properties having new boundaries where none existed before.
•
A series of enhancements will improve the main route through the estate on Fir Tree and Keswick Avenues. These will include way-markers, new planting, copings and general repairs to raised planters, beacon features and new planting to the roundabout and verges.
•
We have appointed Rodney Perkins (see page 17) as our Environmental Project Officer and he will be happy to answer any queries you may have about this programme.
Cyclical Works Cyclical works are planned maintenance works that Villages carry out on a 5 year cycle. This is external painting, gutter cleaning, paving repairs, fence repairs, servicing and repairs of windows and doors. Area 1 work started in 2009 and was due to be completed by March 2010 but we are happy to say that we have had an early completion of this work on 181 properties and we are now preparing and running survey work for Area 2. AREAS Area 1 Bankfield Drive, Keswick Avenue, North Croft, South Croft, Snipe Road, Tuns Road Area 2 Dowry Street, Lichens Crescent, Sportsmans Drive, The Green, The Spur, Woodpark Close
4
Villages Calendar 2010 You should be receiving your Villages 2010 Calendar soon, or maybe even along with your copy of ‘Our Times’. We hope that you like the revised format. Following feedback from last year’s calendar we have gone back to a design with a hook to make it easier to hang up. We have worked again with the local primary schools and for the first year the new secondary school, Christ the King, in Knowsley. We do appreciate the support of the local schools and pupils and we hope that you enjoy the pictures. The themes for drawings this year are varied but link to issues that we feel are important such as celebrating good things; thinking of others, aspiring to reach new goals and respecting each other and the environment. MORE THAN JUST A LANDLORD WINTER 2009