Seafront promenade to get facelift
Thursday 27th August 2009, 2:58PM BST.
Cycle track to get an upgrade.
THE seafront promenade along Victoria Avenue is to get a £300,000 facelift to improve the surface for cyclists and pedestrians.
The project, which will be funded from the £44 million fiscal stimulus package, was sanctioned on Tuesday by Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf.
The work, between Rue de Galet and West Park, will cost £337,000. Uneven surfaces and cracking concrete will be repaired and drains updated.
It will begin after the International Air Display in a fortnight and be finished by mid-February 2010.
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Having just returned from a week’s stay in Jersey, I have to ask myself why this is a priority in these times of finacial constraint.
The Island looked in very good condition to me and it didn’t seem too much fiscal stimulus was required.
There were a number of roads that had patch work, that could do with re-surfacing, but the promenade looked pretty good to me……I am sure there will be someone telling I should have gone to Specsavers.
To me the Island looked quite wonderful and I am sure I will return again soon.
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That area is fine for me and my bike so please use the money instead to repair the St Ouens beach walkways and rusted rotten handrails.!
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I suppose this means that the bikes will now go even faster to the greater danger of all the other users of this facility.
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Is this REALLY necessary??? I thought the states were trying to keep funds for emergencies and this does not seem like an emergency to me!! £300k (so that might end up costing 1.2mil or there abouts, considering all the recent mess ups the states have made!!) for a bit of tarmac!! If there were huge pot holes in the road then i might agree but there are some little divets and thats about it!! Get serious and stop looking for ridiculous ways to spend OUR money!!
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I jog along the front quite regularly and was only recently thinking that it was a shame that the route was looking neglected, particularly as it gets so much use by tourists and local folk walking/jogging/cycling/taking the little train up to St Aubins and back.
I’m sure there will be a number of people who will point out better things to spend the money on but personally I think its a great idea and long overdue.
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It sounds to me like this fiscal stimulus package is turning into a bit of a free-for-all. “Ooooh, a pot of money, what can we spend it on?” Yes, the town park is long overdue, and the promenade could do with some work, but I’m struggling to see how either of these projects is supposed to fiscally stimulate the island!
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This is excellent news, the cycle path is in a shocking state compared to the majority of paths you find in Europe. Hopefully it will encourage a few more on to their bikes.
When commuting I’ve seen a young boy come off his bike by one of the huts due to a huge bump.
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Still spending money on non-essentials.
nothing changes they are supposed to be cutting down like the rest of us in these turbulent times.
next thing they will be putting up GST to cover the wasted money they seem hell bent on spending.
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How sensible, So undoubtly I won’t be able to park on the sea front and save a few pennies most of the winter whilst watching the original cost skyrocket to £600k to which no one will take the blame. aah rant over
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sounds good.. a boulevard of palm trees all the way along with cafes, ice cream stands etc would really brighen it up…i,m no designer but have some great ideas to brighen up most of st.helier…firstly i would bomb/demolish the whole place and start from scratch…bit harsh i know but you go abroad and see how others make their seafronts beautiful, the same can be done here too.
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then again a brighened up seafront sounds a good idea if planned well ..but hey we don,t get the tourism anymore and to be honest no one really cares…..shame.
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Agree with Jogger,
If “the Little Train” uses the track aswell, why can’t the “Duty” from the fuel it runs on be used to help pay for this?
OR is it that “No duty” is payed.
If Not, Why Not? it uses the public roads as well……
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The States keep telling eveyone that there must be cut backs and there are threats that some States employees may lose thier jobs. Why then are they spending so much money on making the promenade better? Yes it may not be as good as some people would like to see it, but it is far better than many other sea fronts look.
During my recent visit, my parner and I were very impressed at how the Island looked and a lot of credit should go to the Parks & Gardens workers and parish workers for the appearance of the Island.
Instead of all the negative talk about how Jersey is, people should be thankful that they life in such beautiful surroundings.
The money would be better spent on people – health and social care.
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Oh what a good idea. It will attract the tourists so we can all get a job for 4 months of the year waiting tables.
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And just how is this supposed to boost the economy – is this going to create new jobs….hardly. This is a project that should have come out of capital funding.
No wonder Senator Ozouf wouldn’t be pinned down as to exacly what the £44M was going to be spent on – so far nothing constructive at all….
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I agree with Mike (6). I can’t understand either how the cycle track or the town park is going to be fiscally stimulating to the island.
The cycle track is admittedly not in the best possible state, but we could live with it until the economy improves. However have you tried cycling on the roads? Now that is a real backside-bruiser!!
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Nellie (15)
Boosting the economy should be the lowest of our priorities right now. The majority of scientists all agree that the economic growth must stop. Sadly politicians do not listen. Maybe one day soon oil will become ridiculously expensive and people will start cycling lots. This money will benefit the cyclists.
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hmmm.. OK, lest assume it does need doing, who will do it? TTS roads crew? Private contractors? or a mix between the two. £337,000 so they have been out to tender already?
Is this the actual builing works cost? Did TTS engineers design and specify the works or did it go to local engineers with “support” from UK consultants?
Are the fees included in the £377,000 ? If UK consultants have been used (as TTS, Planning and any States dept often use). How is that helping island businesses?
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What a load of moaning Minnie’s have made comments about the cycle track, i use it daily and although in parts it is a bit bumpy, the work being carried out will help local companies keep their workers busy, once finished it will enhance the area, encourage more people to cycle to and from work.No doubt most of the people commenting have not been on a cycle for years,so listen to me get out of your car and on your bike you will feel better, fitter and comment No 9 save a lot more pennies
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It is fiscally stimulating by the fact that local contractors are being invited to tender for the project. They could have simply got TTS workers to do the job.
It’s the same with the town park.
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I agree with doing it but not from the fiscal stimulus, the clue as to why is in the words ‘fiscal stimulus’!
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Ozouf calls it “fiscal stimulus”. No doubt there is another, less printable term which could be applied to this political psychobabble.
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Howabout spending the money on teams of workers picking the rubbish out of the hedges all around the island where our selfish population uses the countryside as a dustbin.
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They need to spend money on railings all along St Ouens…. Too many accidents are occuring and not being reported…. it will take a death for them to do something….
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I walk along the front every day, to and from work, and there absolutely nothing wrong with it.
Is this the kind of proposed spending that’s going to double the rate of GST by 2012?
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Always good news if any monies are spent on incouraging people out of the car and onto a bike or feet, and while their at it go and finish off the bike path from st peter, put some tarmac down as its the most unfriendly stretch of bike path ever.
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???The Tarmac contractors seem to have a charmed life here ,I wonder if it will be the same one that did the DE Faye folly of moving the traffic island Four inches at the end of the avenue,whilst simultaneously blocking off Ambulance access which has still not been resolved…for if they charged £1.2 Million for that little fiasco then why would you hire them again….
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How about saving some money by getting rid of most of the states members.
They do it in the banks & get rid of the staff & share the work load round resulting in a more compact infrastructure.
We “dont” need all of these overpaid
states members as there of little use as you can see by the current state of the island.
High time the axe fell,lets start at the top with the gst man,now that would be
“life enriching”!!!
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BI-CRI
I just love your “handle”. One of the finest to grace these pages.
It certainly goes back in Jersey’s heritage well before all this “Bean” and “Rock” nonsense.
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