The final phase of the planned demolition around Arthur, Sutherland and Marsh Street is now underway. Contractors, Marsh Plant Hire, begun full scale demoliton of properties on Marsh Street yesterday (5th September 2011).
Over recent months demolition work has been completed on one block of Sutherland Street and both blocks of Arthur Street. This work has been accompanied by housing improvement schemes to the remaining blocks on Sutherland Street and Marsh Street which has included new rooves, windows, doors, rear walls, front rendering etc.
This current phase of demolition is expected to be completed within the next month. A few properties will remain for a time until the residents are rehoused. Once these are cleared this will leave a large, cleared site suitable for any future developments.
The demolition and housing refurbishment programme is part of Barrow Borough Council's Housing Renewal programme. For further information contact Chris Jones on 01229 876351 or by email at cwjones@barrwobc.gov.uk
The photo below shows the large site following demolition of Arthur Street and one block of Sutherland Street. The houses on the left of the image are the Marsh Street properties currently undergoing demolition.
What a waste of much needed housing suppose if you wanted to waste money instead of using on other areas of barrow the council will certainly know how to do it!!!!
ReplyDeleteA good number of the houses in the area were either empty or in a poor state of repair before the decision to clear the site. All the people who have moved out of the houses which have been demolished have been moved into existing empty properties of their choice or renovated properties which were previously empty. Your suggestion that 'much needed housing' is being demolished isn't borne out by the number of empty properties in the town centre area. This demolition is part of a wider scheme which has refurbished a number of properties, which were previously unoccupied, to a decent standard which now makes them habitable.
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