Public invited to take part in Wick Street Design Forum
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People in Wick will get a chance to be updated on the ambitious plans to redesign the town's High Street and ask questions at a public forum hosted by the Highland Council at the end of the month.
This event follows on from the recent announcement that the council has been successful in applying to the Sustran Places for Everyone fund for the town centre project.
The Wick Redesign project brings together the Highland Council, the Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council, local councillors, community groups and members of the public to work collaboratively to make improvements that will create a more welcoming and attractive town centre that people want to spend quality time in.
The area the project will initially focus on is the pedestrianised zone of the High Street including Market Square and the two signalised pedestrian crossings on Bridge Street.
The forum, which will take place in Wick Town Hall on Monday, February 28, at 7pm, is a chance for the public to re-engage with the project and follows on from the concept design work that took place following earlier community sessions.
Chair of the Caithness Committee, councillor Raymond Bremner who will be chairing the event hopes as many people as possible take up this opportunity to get involved and find out more.
He said: "This is a great chance for folk to find out more about what has happened since the project started and what the next plans are. It is also a chance to ask questions of the project team who will be in attendance.
"The funding we received from Sustrans will be used to deliver the detailed design stage and needs to be spent by March 2023. There is a lot of work to be done and, as the previous consultations detailed, the ambitions are high.
"We want to continue involving local businesses and residents in the next stage. This Forum is just the start of the on-going engagement that we will be undertaking."
Anyone interested in taking part has the chance to submit their questions before the event via this on-line form https://forms.office.com/r/KtUencCmUZ or if they prefer they can ask questions during the forum.
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