A LANDSCAPING project to revitalise part of Barrow Island is well under way, as shown in new images.
The Maritime Streets project will see £1m spent on in the section of land bordered by Ship Street, Schooner Street, Sloop Street and Steamer Street.
The work started in February and is due to take around five months to complete.
In 2013, Barrow Borough Council lodged a brief with the Landscape Institute for a competition to improve the public areas in and around the flats on Barrow Island.
The design has been drawn up by Farrer Huxley Associates and James Smith, the team selected by Barrow Borough Council to lead the project after £1m was secured from the government’s Clusters of Empty Homes Fund.
The project will include creating a number of unique sensory spaces connected by paths, paving, planting, lawns, a play area and growing areas.
The plan also involves creating a restricted parking zone for residents only. Parking spaces will fall from 146 to 98.
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