March 2007: The works in the Town Centre near to St Faiths Church are now complete.

New paving and surfacing to West Street have been used to create a more pleasant public space in Havant Town Centre's St Faiths Conservation Area. Using high quality Yorkstone, Granite and paviors the street has also benefited from a "shared surface" at what is called "St Faiths Square" - where Homewell and West Street meet the already pedestrianised part of West Street. The pavement and carriageway have no kerb edge but are delineated with a flush kerb, bollards and textured paving to aid those with visual impairments. Parking is no longer allowed in the Square but it is retained as a turning head. To keep the Square and West street completely car-free on market days, two new Market Gates have been installed at the main North, East, South West Street/s junction.

 

 

The Contractors works have taken into account the weekly markets and there have been no works on those days. The contractors also stopped works over the Christmas period at the request of local retailers and they have worked with local shops to minimise disruption through the whole construction phase. Below is a plan showing some of the main points of the re-design in the Conservation Area.

 

The seats were installed around the Orbital in February creating a pleasant focal area in the Park. Click here to see the new seating. This focal area in Havant Park was partly funded from contributions from the Havant Community Board.

On Saturday 23rd September Havant Park hosted the "Havant on the Move" event. As part of the celebrations the two pieces of Public Art were opened by the Mayor. Havant Business Association organised a brilliant day in the park and there were lots of local people there to celebrate and take part in all the activities.

 

(above and left) The 4 metre Orbital sculpture by John Thomson, was unveiled by the Mayor, Richard Brown, in Havant Park.

(below) The Springline Railings by Bruce Williams were also opened, allowing members of the Community Board their first visit through the new entrance on Park Road. The artists daughter helped the Mayor to cut the Ribbon to open the new entrance.

 

 

The following pages describe the progress of Havant Town Centre's Liveability Project