PLANS for a new public park in St Saviour are being redrawn amid concerns from parishioners over the cost, although the project is still expected to go ahead.
Constable Dave Curtis, who was elected in June, said the parish was currently in the “negotiating stages” in the hopes that modified plans would be approved.
At the end of 2025, a Parish Assembly was held, during which plans to develop two unused fields behind the parish hall into a public park with a playground, a car park and landscaped gardens were agreed.
The new site, mirroring a similar scheme on St Martin’s village green, is set to be funded through a legacy fund. However, Mr Curtis said parishioners had been “concerned at how much of the fund would be spent on the park” which could mean less money being available for other parish projects.
Up to £3.1 million of the Maisons Connétable Ozouf Fund is ringfenced for the project, and the parish initially hoped to start the transformation at the end of 2026, with a café to be developed later.
Mr Curtis said that when the scheme was originally approved, the Infrastructure Department had required cars to enter from Patier Road, but that a different layout would now be considered.
The Constable added that the parish hopes to receive permission to change which road cars enter the park from, which could save significant amounts of money by avoiding having to level the car park with a road five metres below.
Any changes would need to be approved by the Planning Department and parishioners.
