A condition for the redevelopment of the Canadian Red Cross Hospital site at Cliveden states that additional visibility splays for vehicle drivers must be created at the entrance in order for drivers leaving the site to be able to see oncoming traffic from the north for a sufficient distance for safety as they pull out. In order to provide enough visibility, the brow of Cliveden Road to the north of the entrance must be lowered by about one metre at the maximum point: hence the current closure of Cliveden Road.
The road has been closed for 16 weeks from June 19 and will re-open mid to end of September. The building of the 135 homes (with a condition that at least one occupant must be over 55 years old) will begin in October. There will be a community building, a medical building and a sports hall with gym on the site, and it is envisaged that the estate manager's office will provide a modest shopping facility for bare essentials.
The first new homes are scheduled to be available in June next year and the selling agents will be Frosts. A brochure will be available from the end of August.
Euan Felton
