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'Council holding up roadworks'
LONG-promised road repairs are
being held up because the county
council is dragging its heals, a
property developer claimed this
week.
C&G Properties said it could not
complete works to resurface
Grange Road in St Cross because
it had not had the say-so from
county hall.
Grange Road residents have
been left frustrated that the
repairs had not been done after
they were promised by Hampshire
County Council in March last year.
In February a spokeswoman for
the county council said it was still
liaising with the developer.
But this week a surveyor for
C&G said it was the council which
was holding up the work.
Paul Smith said: "We've been
hassling the council for many
months now to relieve this.
"We want to get the contract
signed off, but can't do that until
the council provides us with the
exact details of what they want us
to do."
He said that as part of the agreement
for building a housing development
in Grange Road, the firm
agreed to contribute towards
improvements to a small section of
Grange Road at the junction to St
Cross Road, the footpath and nearby
bus shelter.
Mr Smith added: "It's totally in
the hands of the council."
A spokeswoman for Hampshire
County Council said that the scope
of the works were agreed, but the
problem was the implementation
of part of the works to lower the
footway to the north of Grange
Road, which is significantly raised
above St Cross Road.
She said there were utility services
within the footway and the
utilities companies initially did
not want them moved.
She added: "More recently the
utilities companies have said it
would cost a significant amount of
money to move them, which the
developer is unhappy about paying.
"We can't separate the footway
works from the works to the junction
and resurfacing the road, as
one affects the other, so until we
find a solution, the rest of the
works are on hold."
12:20pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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