Cllr Marion Atkinson, Sefton Labour Leader said “I am really pleased to see our hard work and commitment to the Pier is paying off. This is the final piece of the jigsaw. The signing of this contract puts us in the best position to start work on the Pier. We are now calling on government to support us with the funding we need to get the Pier open and maintain this important historic asset.”

A specialist team for the delivery of the Southport Pier refurbishment project has now been finalised.

The collective of industry-leading experts identified to bring one of Southport's most iconic attractions back into use have been busy working alongside Sefton Council since the temporary closure was announced.

Their work will ensure the delivery of Southport Pier's refurbishment is in the best possible position once funding is available, which Sefton Council is continually work tirelessly to identify.

It is estimated that the full refurbishment works required to ensure the Pier can open safely again could exceed £13 million, more than £10 million in excess of the £3m that the Council have already agreed to borrow to fund decking replacement.

A E Yates, who have recently completed detailed exploratory and investigation works on Southport Pier, are the latest addition to the project team. They have been chosen as the contractor to support the next phase of design and planning works required.

The selection of A E Yates, who have a successful C.V. and track record of working on large scale refurbishment projects, follows on from their detailed explorations of the Pier’s steel structure.

This helped to set out the scale of challenge faced by Sefton Council as it continues to seek additional funding to restore the Pier to its former glory.

An A E Yates spokesperson said: “We are delighted to be selected by Sefton Council under a pre-construction services agreement to be part of this important and prestigious project in the centre of Southport.

“The Pier is such a well-known attraction in the North-West and we are excited to be an integral part of the team helping to bring it back to life for locals and visitors alike.”

It’s not only A E Yates who are working hard to bring Southport Pier back into use once again.

Sefton Council has assembled a team of industry experts to oversee and manage the Pier project including Southport based RAL Architects Gardiner & Theobold, structural engineers Fairhurst, Steve A Hunt & Associates and Pegasus Planning.

Phil Porter, Chief Executive of Sefton Council, said: “I’m delighted that we have so many expert people working together towards our shared goal of refurbishing Southport Pier.

“We held an intensive tender process to ensure we have the best of the best working on the Pier and we are confident A E Yates are the partners for us.

“Many will already be aware of A E Yates for carrying out the recent intensive exploratory and investigation works, which have built on previous structural surveys and have given the Council a more accurate picture of steelwork that was installed more than 22 years ago.

“A E Yates and our project team will now work to finalise all drawings, construction details and a programme of future works including detailed costings.

“Sefton Council has and will continue to invest resources and funds into the Southport Pier project and I have seen first-hand the incredible depth of planning that is being done to put us in the best possible position to begin the refurbishment once vital and necessary funding is secured.

"We continue to engage with a range of central and regional government departments and other parties over identifying funding for the refurbishment and longer-term maintenance of Southport Pier."

A report will now be drafted which all options and next steps will be outlined.

Cllr Marion Atkinson
Sefton Labour Leader

Originally Posted by editor

Cllr Marion Atkinson, Sefton Labour Leader said “I am really pleased to see our hard work and commitment to the Pier is paying off. This is the final piece of the jigsaw. The signing of this contract puts us in the best position to start work on the Pier. We are now calling on government to support us with the funding we need to get the Pier open and maintain this important historic asset.”

A specialist team for the delivery of the Southport Pier refurbishment project has now been finalised.

The collective of industry-leading experts identified to bring one of Southport's most iconic attractions back into use have been busy working alongside Sefton Council since the temporary closure was announced.

Their work will ensure the delivery of Southport Pier's refurbishment is in the best possible position once funding is available, which Sefton Council is continually work tirelessly to identify.

It is estimated that the full refurbishment works required to ensure the Pier can open safely again could exceed £13 million, more than £10 million in excess of the £3m that the Council have already agreed to borrow to fund decking replacement.

A E Yates, who have recently completed detailed exploratory and investigation works on Southport Pier, are the latest addition to the project team. They have been chosen as the contractor to support the next phase of design and planning works required.

The selection of A E Yates, who have a successful C.V. and track record of working on large scale refurbishment projects, follows on from their detailed explorations of the Pier’s steel structure.

This helped to set out the scale of challenge faced by Sefton Council as it continues to seek additional funding to restore the Pier to its former glory.

An A E Yates spokesperson said: “We are delighted to be selected by Sefton Council under a pre-construction services agreement to be part of this important and prestigious project in the centre of Southport.

“The Pier is such a well-known attraction in the North-West and we are excited to be an integral part of the team helping to bring it back to life for locals and visitors alike.”

It’s not only A E Yates who are working hard to bring Southport Pier back into use once again.

Sefton Council has assembled a team of industry experts to oversee and manage the Pier project including Southport based RAL Architects Gardiner & Theobold, structural engineers Fairhurst, Steve A Hunt & Associates and Pegasus Planning.

Phil Porter, Chief Executive of Sefton Council, said: “I’m delighted that we have so many expert people working together towards our shared goal of refurbishing Southport Pier.

“We held an intensive tender process to ensure we have the best of the best working on the Pier and we are confident A E Yates are the partners for us.

“Many will already be aware of A E Yates for carrying out the recent intensive exploratory and investigation works, which have built on previous structural surveys and have given the Council a more accurate picture of steelwork that was installed more than 22 years ago.

“A E Yates and our project team will now work to finalise all drawings, construction details and a programme of future works including detailed costings.

“Sefton Council has and will continue to invest resources and funds into the Southport Pier project and I have seen first-hand the incredible depth of planning that is being done to put us in the best possible position to begin the refurbishment once vital and necessary funding is secured.

"We continue to engage with a range of central and regional government departments and other parties over identifying funding for the refurbishment and longer-term maintenance of Southport Pier."

A report will now be drafted which all options and next steps will be outlined.

Cllr Marion Atkinson
Sefton Labour Leader

Surely you don't sign any contract for work to be done until you have the funds to pay the bill, but hey this is the cowboys of Boothill were talking about

Sefton Council need to make sure they sign off on the quality of the work done before they release stage payments. The last boards replacement was a debacle which is on them for not supervising quality properly. A fool and their money are soon parted, is something the council need to face into rather than blame the contractor that the council procurement process selected.

How can contractors take on a job at a price not knowing if there going to get payed at job price now. Materials are going up weekly so how can they start job in months/ years to come on same price? Load of bo- -icks.

2017
https://www.qlocal.co.uk/southport/n...r-55020145.htm

2017
https://lbndaily.co.uk/work-begins-2...outhport-pier/

Anyone still believe a word from this woman, where did the money go ????

Does anyone think that she wanted cycle lanes in Southport because she goes to work here on a bicycle .
Lives on Bootle with surgery’s in Molineux ward Aintree.
So what has she got to do with us here and our pier ?.

[QUOTE=PENTHOUSEJOE;6902745]How can contractors take on a job at a price not knowing if there going to get payed at job price now. Materials are going up weekly so how can they start job in months/ years to come on same price? Load of bo- -icks.[/QUOTE

Originally Posted by MICK/GILLY

Does anyone think that she wanted cycle lanes in Southport because she goes to work here on a bicycle .
Lives on Bootle with surgery’s in Molineux ward Aintree.
So what has she got to do with us here and our pier ?.

Cycle-lanes save us money. Because once installed, we are left with less acreage of driveable tarmac to maintain and resurface at considerable cost.

[QUOTE=hja;6902787]

Originally Posted by PENTHOUSEJOE

How can contractors take on a job at a price not knowing if there going to get payed at job price now. Materials are going up weekly so how can they start job in months/ years to come on same price? Load of bo- -icks.[/QUOTE

Other businesses do it it's not impossible, this is Sefton we are talking about so nuff said

Originally Posted by The PNP

Cycle-lanes save us money. Because once installed, we are left with less acreage of driveable tarmac to maintain and resurface at considerable cost.

It would cost less to remove them than the damage done to the town, parking and businesses to keep them even at this late stage. If people wanted cycle lanes then they would use them .. but they don’t because no one cares that they are there enough to use them ( not even cyclists ) the majority of social media posts would be for them but as it is the majority on EVERY THREAD across all social media are against them.
The only pie in the sky are the ones you eat while counting no one using the cycle lanes and all the time banging on about climate change while being the MOST polluting person in the whole town.

One minute cyclists want millions spent on lanes, then they say it’s cost effective to spend millions on them, then they don’t use them, then they cry that little hawthorns want sweeping away and not enough maintenance is allocated to them while everyone else looks on in disappointment at the whole Lycra nonesense of it.

Originally Posted by MICK/GILLY

It would cost less to remove them than the damage done to the town, parking and businesses to keep them even at this late stage. If people wanted cycle lanes then they would use them .. but they don’t because no one cares that they are there enough to use them ( not even cyclists ) the majority of social media posts would be for them but as it is the majority on EVERY THREAD across all social media are against them.
The only pie in the sky are the ones you eat while counting no one using the cycle lanes and all the time banging on about climate change while being the MOST polluting person in the whole town.

One minute cyclists want millions spent on lanes, then they say it’s cost effective to spend millions on them, then they don’t use them, then they cry that little hawthorns want sweeping away and not enough maintenance is allocated to them while everyone else looks on in disappointment at the whole Lycra nonesense of it.

Shut up Micky.
The garbage coming out of your keyboard is undeniably pathetic.

Originally Posted by MICK/GILLY

It would cost less to remove them than the damage done to the town, parking and businesses to keep them even at this late stage. If people wanted cycle lanes then they would use them .. but they don’t because no one cares that they are there enough to use them ( not even cyclists ) the majority of social media posts would be for them but as it is the majority on EVERY THREAD across all social media are against them.
The only pie in the sky are the ones you eat while counting no one using the cycle lanes and all the time banging on about climate change while being the MOST polluting person in the whole town.

One minute cyclists want millions spent on lanes, then they say it’s cost effective to spend millions on them, then they don’t use them, then they cry that little hawthorns want sweeping away and not enough maintenance is allocated to them while everyone else looks on in disappointment at the whole Lycra nonesense of it.

Wrong......A typical cyclist will have a lot more disposable income to spend in town, because he/she isn't wasting their pay on running a moneypit of a car. A cyclist is also far more likely to stop-and-shop, making impulse buys along the way. Whereas someone in a car who shoots past at 30mph, doesn't even see what's on sale, so spends less.

Btw, that betting-slip was still in the Lifeboat shop window, when I rode past last Sunday, lol!

Originally Posted by The PNP

Wrong......A typical cyclist will have a lot more disposable income to spend in town, because he/she isn't wasting their pay on running a moneypit of a car. A cyclist is also far more likely to stop-and-shop, making impulse buys along the way. Whereas someone in a car who shoots past at 30mph, doesn't even see what's on sale, so spends less.

Btw, that betting-slip was still in the Lifeboat shop window, when I rode past last Sunday, lol!

A typical cyclist will have a lot more disposable income income WOW you are a right Whopper!
You and your fake accounts and copied slips that you can’t or dare not post on here (..like I said would happen …that no one believes or has bothered to look because they are used to your cad renaging and lying ways). Getting angry at the truth now is it ? Is that all you have got left now?. Someone in a car can carry more than. A bicycle , move quicker than a little toy bicycle and keep dry and warm and smelling fresh by wearing grown ups clothes.

Originally Posted by lawed143

Shut up Micky.
The garbage coming out of your keyboard is undeniably pathetic.

Yea you don’t like the truth PNP, you have no answer for it apart from wah wah shut uuuuppp .

Originally Posted by MICK/GILLY

A typical cyclist will have a lot more disposable income income WOW you are a right Whopper!
You and your fake accounts and copied slips that you can’t or dare not post on here (..like I said would happen …that no one believes or has bothered to look because they are used to your cad renaging and lying ways). Getting angry at the truth now is it ? Is that all you have got left now?. Someone in a car can carry more than. A bicycle , move quicker than a little toy bicycle and keep dry and warm and smelling fresh by wearing grown ups clothes.

Do the maths, if you can.....

Take home £20k a year, minus £5k for owning/running a car, and that leaves you with £15k for everything else. Use a bike, saving that £5k, and you still have £20k.....I.e. a cyclist has more left in their pocket to support local businesses!