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10.01.2022 - 19:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Works to transform the area around Alexandria’s Smollett Fountain look set to be signed off by councillors on Wednesday.
West Dunbartonshire Council chiefs have asked members to approve the awarding of a £603,000 contract to Luddon Construction Ltd.
If agreed at a tendering meeting on Wednesday, the contractor will undergo public realm improvement works around the Smollett Fountain on the junction of Main Street and Bank Street.
The contract would begin in February and last for four months.
The works form part of plans to overhaul the Vale, with a 10-year masterplan agreed by councillors in September last year.
As part of the plans, the B-listed historic fountain is to be refurbished and incorporated into a new ‘civic space’ with the area around it improved.
The masterplan states: “To celebrate the importance of this listed structure, which sits on the junction of Bank Street and Main Street and is an important historical landmark, the council has committed funding for the restoration of the fountain and upgrading of its surroundings”.
It adds the aims are to “improve pedestrian and cyclist safety whilst also allowing traffic to move through the junction in a courteous and slower manner by altering traffic management priorities”.
A report which will be considered at the tendering committee meeting states that the money for the project will come from the Local Economic Development and Scottish Government Town Centre Fund.
It adds that Luddon Construction Ltd has pledged to donate goods to a local foodshare scheme and will donate materials and money to support a local community project.
The firm will also use West Dunbartonshire-based organisations for sub-contracting opportunities.
It states: “The purpose of the tender was to
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