Work to upgrade a popular open space in Maryport is set to start.
Railings at Sea Brow Gardens by Maryport Promenade, have reached the end of their life. They will be replaced and plans are also in the pipeline to upgrade the footpath.
Maryport-based firm Shane Taylor Welding Ltd has been contracted to undertake the work, which is likely to take around a week to complete.
Contractors will start work today, Friday March 8, and during the installation, the upper level of the Sea Brow Gardens will be closed.
The schemes are part of a £12 million regeneration project which aims to enhance and develop three of the town’s biggest assets – the town’s high street, harbour and promenade.
The developments will be funded by the Government’s Future High Streets Fund and managed by Cumberland Council.
Other Cumbrian companies have also won contracts to help transform some of Maryport’s most prominent locations.
Cubby Construction of Carlisle has won the tender to create the new café and beach shop on the Promenade.
The new eatery, with views across the Solway, will be on the site of the disused toilet block. The promenade project includes a new bike and skate track.
Thomas Armstrong Group, of Flimby, and the design team from Align Property Partners in Cockermouth, now have the contract to build the new harbourside event space, and to revamp the Wave, which is changing its name to Maryport Activity Centre as part of the process.
Thomas Armstrong Group has also won the tender for Maryport’s new public realm scheme which will reconfigure the parking on Senhouse Street, clear cluttered street furniture, and install new signs all across the town.
The harbourside project will see a blank patch of grass transformed into an outdoor event and performance space, and there will also be a new splash park, and an upgrade to the Shiver Me Timbers play park.
The fourth aspect of the plans is an upgrade to Maryport Activity Centre, including the existing gym, a more exciting Clip n’ Climb, an adventure soft play area, and multi-purpose spaces which can be used by all ages.
