1 August 2008, 08/173
Double boost for Burscough businesses
Burscough Industrial Estate is
booming following some exciting environmental improvements and
additional security measures.
We recently made use of Council
funding to install a 9 camera, Council monitored, CCTV system for
the estate. The new CCTV system will monitor pedestrian and
vehicular traffic at strategic locations on the estate, on a 24/7
basis, to enhance safety for local companies, their customers and
staff.
The site has also recently
benefited from a brand new gateway feature and landscape
improvements at its main entrance with the junction of Tollgate
Road and Pippin Street. The work was carried out to give the estate
a distinct identity, using an eye-catching design linked to its
history as a former military airfield.
The main element of the design is
the use of wing-shaped estate markers, which have been designed as
a reference to the Fairey Firefly fighter plane flown from the site
in World War II.
Both improvements are the result of
work undertaken by the Burscough Business Watch Committee, which is
made up of local businesses, the District Council and the local
Police.
Funding for the environmental
improvements came from the West Lancashire Inspire economic
regeneration scheme, funded by the Northwest Regional Development
Agency, via the West Lancashire Strategic Partnership’s Investing
in Business Regeneration Programme.
Cllr Adrian Owens, Portfolio Holder
for Regeneration and Estates, said: "This impressive environmental
and visual improvements project will really put Burscough
Industrial Estate on the map and give a high quality first
impression to visitors. In addition, the investment made by the
Council in CCTV should deter would-be criminals from entering the
estate, as they will know the cameras are monitored day and night!
The CCTV also complements other stringent security measures on the
estate such as the Business Watch Radio Scheme."
If your business is located on
Burscough Industrial Estate and you are interested in joining the
Business Watch Radio Scheme, please contact John Corish on 01695
585123.
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