PART of the Railway Walk is to open next week following the devastation of Storm Ciarán.
As work to clear thousands of fallen trees and repair damage to the Island’s green spaces and paths continued, States arboricultural officer Nick Armstrong said that work on the walk had taken longer than thought, but that it was expected that the section from Don Bridge to Corbière would reopen early next week.
“We should have cleared the fallen trees from that section,” he said. “There’ll still be some ‘hung up’ trees and overhanging branches, but it will be passable with care.”
Mr Armstrong said attention would then switch to the eastern section of the Railway Walk from Don Bridge to St Aubin.
“There are an awful lot of trees on that section, and we need to make sure it’s safe, so it’s going to be closed for another couple of weeks at least,” he added.
“We are working to get as many areas back open as we safely can – we want to get children back into play areas and make sure there are paths on which people can walk off their turkey dinners and ride the bikes they’re given for Christmas.”
Updates have also been provided by Mr Armstrong on other areas:
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The entire length of the St Peter’s Valley walking and cycling path from St Mary to the south coast reopened on Monday.
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The western side of the Sir Winston Churchill Park in St Brelade has opened, giving access from the beach car park to Park Estate, but the eastern side of the park will be closed for approximately another ten days.
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Work is due to begin on Coronation Park, also known as Millbrook Park, on Monday, and it is hoped the western side of the park, including children’s play areas, will be open within a fortnight.
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Howard Davis Park is expected to be fully open within the next two weeks, with the section housing the Christmas Maze Experience in line to be clear by 8 December, when the seasonal attraction is due to open.
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Mount Bingham saw “a couple of hundred trees” down, Mr Armstrong said, and the area would not be open for several weeks.
