The development of the Hartwells garage to an over populated
area, that will increase pollution and traffic, create unsafe access to public
transport, decrease healthy living and increase the number of student rooms on
Airbnb is lacking in foresight for the future of a healthy living and community
space for the city.
I believe Bath should become a city of please parks which
demonstrates its commitment to a balanced lifestyle. The National Trust and
National Lottery Heritage Fund are running a programme to secure the future of
urban parks and green spaces. Bath was a city that excelled in this. Why not
again?
Public urban green spaces are growing in use and two hours a
week, spent in green spaces has been shown to improve health and well-being. Let
us launch our future parks programme and be bold and create a new pleasure
park. Something to be proud of. The Hartwells site is difficult to build on in
a quarry \ railway cutting. What an amazing opportunity to create a park with
outside trim trail, water features for calming, trees and flowering bushes with
an industrial arts trail. A bandstand for the summer days. Convert Hartwells
garage to a children friendly café with a view over the park. Include a local
corner shop in the building for groceries and papers. This should be a place
for young and old alike creating that much sort after place for tranquility
and healthy community living. What an amazing use of an old railway cutting to
transport people to a new era.
Be creative, Be bold, Be green.
This is quoted in the Bath Chronicle and on Somerset Live 'Build urban park not more student flats' Calls intensify to halt development
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