Work on Marriotts Close development starts (From Witney Gazette)
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Work on Marriotts Close development starts
2:18pm Tuesday 5th February 2008 in Witney By David Horne
Councillor Roger Curry, mayor Chrissie Curry, Luke Pickering, of Simons Developments, WODC leader Barry Norton, and councillor David Harvey
THE official ceremony took place today to mark the long-awaited work on Witney's town centre Marriotts Close development.
Already site hoardings have been put up round the site and preparation work begun. The traditional turf-cutting was watched by representatives from the scheme's partners, West Oxfordshire District Council, Simons Developments, and Kandahar, the London-based investment fund.
During the next 18 months, the site will be busy, with contractors' vehicles arriving and leaving on a specified route avoiding the town centre.
Workmen will also be using an eco-frienly Enviro-Cabin as site accommodation to halve carbon dioxide emissions.
