At the end of the third week there were three excavating machines working on lower Main Street.  The road has been lowered to remove the camber which had built up over the years by the addition of several top surfaces, and all the underground services have to be lowered accordingly.

The severity of the camber made it very difficult for some people, particularly the elderly, to open and close car doors when parked anywhere along the length of lower Main Street.  It required a lot of effort to push open a door on the driver’s side of a car, while on the passenger’s side a door would “fall” open and be very difficult to pull shut.  When the new top surface is in place with a much reduced camber it should make life easier when parking to shop at the bottom of Main Street.

Tuesday 12/8/14.
8pm – 9pm.

Litter pick on Ballynahinch Road.

1 bag of litter collected.

Work has begun on the upgrade of The Square. Saintfield’s car parks are still readily accessible and traders are very much open for business. Visitors should not be put off from visiting Saintfield!

The two-way traffic system is operating well.  Visitors should not be put off!

10.30 – 13.00 on the Crossgar Road: 26 bags collected.
(13 from traffic lights to Old Grand Jury Road and 13 from Old Grand Jury Road to Gateway sign.)

15.30 – 17.30 on the Ballynahinch Road from the 30MPH sign to Drumaconnell Road: 9 bags of waste lifted.

Down Your Street campaign = 309.5 bags of waste lifted!

The upgrade of The Square on Comber Street is scheduled to commence on Monday 4th August.  More details of the scheme can be found HERE.

SDA’s Green Saintfield Committee members have been out on the roads again:

Date: Thursday 31st July 2014
Time: 7.00pm to 9.00pm

Flower bed weeded at Saintfield High School – 3 bags
Footpath on Belfast Road cleaned to Comber Road – 7 bags of dirt
Traffic island at Ballgowan Road junction tidied up – 1 bag of dirt and 1 bag of litter

12 bags of litter, weeds & dirt collected on the night

Overall total to 31st July = 274.5 bags of waste collected!

Saintfield Development Association’s Green Saintfield Committee have been in action again:

Date: Wednesday 30th July 2014

Lisburn Road

5 bags of litter collected

Despite the inevitable disruption caused by the much needed road improvements to the lower section of Main Street, two-way traffic is still flowing freely, car parks are still readily accessible and traders are very much open for business. Visitors should not be put off!

The Co-ordinating Committee of Saintfield Development Association had an introductory meeting with Mr Liam Hannaway, the New Chief Executive Designate of Newry, Mourne and Down Council.

The committee introduced SDA and described its projects both past and ongoing, and expressed its hopes and concerns. In return the Chief Executive explained his position on matters relating to Saintfield.

Committee members then took Mr Hannaway on a tour of the village, visiting the Memorial Garden, the sports grounds and the site for the community centre.

SDA is hopeful that the meeting will form the basis of a good relationship with the new Council.

Liam Hannaway (Chief Executive Designate of Newry, Mourne and Down Council), Barbara Graham (Chair of Saintfield Development Association) and Martyn Todd (Chair of SDA Infrastructure Committee).

Paul McGeown (Vice Chair of SDA), Brian Gamble (Chair of SDA Communications Committee) and Ian Mack (Secretary of SDA) also attended the meeting.