It is the beginning of the end for the hoarding on Princes Parade.
On Monday 20 Nov 2023, Folkestone & Hythe District Council placed a tender for the removal of the hording on Princes Parade.
The cost to remove the hoarding is unknown, but the tender call has gone out.
Once the hoarding is removed, then a low level fence will be placed around the site in 2024. Then the Council will consult with residents of the district for their views on the future of Princes Parade.
Princes Parade has been on and off the agenda since 2006/07. It has cost the local ratepayers a penny or two. For example according to the Council’s payment to suppliers data, the Princes Parade Stopping Up Inquiry cost £344,771. BAM Construction who were the principal contractors to build out the Leisure Centre have received £2.3m, add in Judicial Review costs and other contract costs and the capital outlay for this doomed project has been in excess of £10m.
In the immortal words of Ian Dury – What a waste
The Shepway Vox Team
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