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Cleaning work done by THREE Saintfield Development Association members:

1 bag ragwort – Crossgar Road

1 bag litter waste – on ground between Maxol and New Line, and then New Line itself

1 bag Litter – Downpatrick Steet Car Park (a real mess)

4 bags of street dirt – Downpatrick Street from Forge Hill Court to Old Grand Jury

12 bags of street dirt – Listooder Road from Lislane around the corner to Academy School lay-by

8 bags of street dirt – Ballygowan Road.

The photographs below show the clean up work on the Ballygowan Road:

Kerbing and drainage works will carry on through the week.  Men will work an average minimum of 10hrs per day this week.

On Wednesday 3rd a mini spreader will be on site to infill the section between the newly laid surface and the water mains, this will enable barriers to be adjusted  to provide parking on one side of the street.

On Friday 5th a spreader will again be onsite completing the remainder of the road base.

On Saturday 6th works will commence on the footway.  During this time pedestrians will be diverted onto the new surface and thus around the works.

These footway works are planned for completion on Friday 12th when another layer of black top will be laid on the carriageway before traffic is transferred on to it and works start on the opposite footway.

If anyone has any deliveries larger than normal planned for next week please let the supervisor know and hopefully off loading can be accommodated.

Would you like to take part in the “Active Living in Saintfield Photographic Research Project“?  Details of how to volunteer can be found below:

During the fifth week of the lower Main Street upgrade work has been progressing on the other side of the street.

The large concrete structure in the middle of the road where the workmen are is the water main that was responsible for the large camber in the original road surface.

Work in The Square is complete apart from a few remaining small jobs such as finishing the light fittings and planting the tree.

The footpath alongside 1st Presbyterian Church.

The granite nidger bands are in place at either end of The Square.

The circular seat has been returned and the square hole to the right awaits its tree.  This area is wider than before to provide a safer zone for pedestrians to cross The Square.  It also affords motorists reversing from parking spaces more protection from vehicles quickly turning into The Square from upper Main Street.

Litter 3 bags – Belfast Road from Comber Road to entrance Saintfield Demense, on both sides of road

Litter 2 bags – Top of the hill at football grounds

Litter 1 bag – Station Road from bridge to Windmill Industrial Estate

Weeds 1 bag ragwort – at bridge on Station Road

Litter 1 bag – Comber Street after Demense Wood / Rowallane Inn car park/ Downpatrick Street Car Park

These areas not touched by any community litter pick.

There will be another Community Litter Pick on Saturday 6th September.  Everyone is welcome to come along and help clean up our village!

Dayglo jackets, protective gloves and litter pick tools will be provided.

Date: Saturday 6th September
Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Meeting point: Car Park in front of 2nd Saintfield Presbyterian Church.

Refreshments will be provided at the end of the Litter Pick.

Our traders and businesses need your support more than ever during the disruptive roadworks on Main Street. Please shop locally and help them through this difficult period.

At the end of the fourth week the kerbs and gutters are in place, and resurfacing has begun on the first half of lower Main Street. It looks much better already!