Improvements to pathways at Sydonia Park, Leominster

Work is due to start this week on improving and re-aligning the pathways at Sydonia Park in Leominster, organised by Herefordshire Council's parks, countryside and leisure development service.

These works, which will make the path network at the park more user-friendly, follow the recent changes at the site including the upgrade of the children's play area.

Some of the poorer quality paths that cross the site including those that led to now obsolete features will be removed and the ground will be re-instated.

The re-aligned paths will be widened and improved with concrete kerbs and new surfacing to ensure they are fully accessible and finished to a high standard. The works will be carried out by Amey Wye Valley Ltd in conjunction with Tarmac Construction and Section 106 monies have funded the scheme.

Geoff Dimbylow, Special Projects Officer said: "The new paths will follow the public rights of way and create new accesses to the upgraded play area.

"They will also meet new disabled access standards, provide more direct, safer routes to school and assist with a future scheme to improve the security for residents of Eaton Close," he added.

The work is expected to take two weeks depending on the weather and surface conditions.