In response to the recent unrest and subsequent criminal damage, Hull City Council has announced a comprehensive repair programme to restore damaged pavements in the city centre.
The intention of the programme is to restore and reinstate £17,000 worth of damaged pavements on Jameson Street, King Edward Street, Paragon Square, and Paragon Street.
The programme started today (Monday 12 August) and is expected to take three weeks to complete, weather depending.
The repair programme is as follows:
- Monday 12 August to Thursday 15 August – Establish fencing and restore pavements opposite Lush.
- Tuesday 13 August to Friday 16 August – Restore pavements opposite Cash Converters and Cooplands
- Monday 19 August to Wednesday 21 August – Restore pavements opposite Waterstones
- Tuesday 20 August to Thursday 22 August – Restore pavements opposite KFC
- Wednesday 21 August to Monday 26 August – Restore pavements opposite Bronx and Hammonds of Hull.
- Monday 26 August to Friday 30 August – Restore pavements outside Shoezone and clear site.
To minimise disruption, and to ensure safety, the works will be carried out in isolated areas fenced off to the public.
Councillor Mark Ieronimo, cabinet portfolio holder for transportation, roads, and highways, said: “The criminal damage inflicted upon our city centre is completely unacceptable. Not only is it a serious criminal offence to commit such atrocious acts of vandalism, but it also leads to unnecessary repair costs for the council.
“Despite the unnecessary costs, we are committed to restoring the damaged paving on Jameson Street promptly and effectively, to ensure the safety and accessibility of the public walkways for all residents and visitors.
“However, we want to make it absolutely clear that vandalism will not be tolerated, and we continue to support Humberside Police in their work to bring justice to those responsible for the criminality on our streets.
“We thank residents for their patience whilst these works are being carried out.”
The work will be carried out by CR Reynolds on behalf of the council.
Further, in response to the criminal damage in the city centre, emergency works to restore a section of fire damaged carriageway on Spring Bank was completed by Hull City Council’s internal highways operations team on Monday 5 August.
Work to restore and replace a section of damaged carriageway on Grey Street will also be completed by the team this week.
As well as pavement and carriageway damage, ten public realm bins, and eight removable bins were fire damaged beyond repair. Replacements have been ordered and will be installed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, temporary bins have been placed along Jameson Street for public use.
