Just 13 days left to finishing deadline on Four Great Highways scheme

 

* Steel supports are in place on the steps up to the wharf from Abbey Road but there appears to be no work yet on the actual steps.  

There’s now just 13 days left before the forecast completion date for Llangollen’s Four Great Highways scheme.

The project, funded by the former Conservative government’s Levelling Up Fund, aims to “enhance the landscape and improve accessibility, interpretation and signage in the centre of Llangollen”.  

It was due to be finished in June but, according to the team responsible for the scheme, there were delays due to unexpected ground conditions being encountered with its two key aspects - a raised walkway at Lower Dee Mill Park and the improvement of the flight of steps up from Abbey Road to the canal wharf.

An update given by the Four Great Highways Project Team in early August said that because of a delay while steel supports were delivered the scheme would be finished by the end of this month.

But while work at Lower Dee Mill Park appears to be catching up well there seems to be little progress at the wharf steps.

This morning (Monday) workmen were busy putting what looked to be the finishing touches to the park walkway but while large steels supports have now been installed at the top end and a mechanical digger was on site, there were few signs of any start being made on the wharf steps.

The project is part of a Levelling Up investment secured through a joint application between Denbighshire County Council and Wrexham County Borough Council for the old Clwyd South Constituency – Llangollen is now part of the new Clwyd East. 

The application was supported by former MP for the area Simon Baynes and £3.8 million was allocated to Denbighshire to invest in the communities of Llangollen, Llantysilio, Corwen and surrounding areas.

* There seems to be good progress on the new walkway at Lower Dee Mill Park.