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# Lichfield councillor meets with residents angry over closure of walkway in the city
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-councillor-meets-with-residents-angry-over-closure-of-walkway-in-the-city/
- Published: 2020-12-09T10:59:22.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-09T10:59:45.000Z
- Description: A Lichfield councillor has met with Lichfield residents unhappy at the closure of a walkway in the city.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: News

A Lichfield councillor has met with Lichfield residents unhappy at the closure of a walkway in the city.

The route, which links The Windings and Gaia Lane, is due to be closed for up to six months while construction work on a nearby property takes place.

A retaining wall is being built so the garden level at a property on Gaia Lane can be dropped by more than a metre.

Cllr Paul Ray, Liberal Democrat representative for the Chadsmead ward, said he had met with the property owner and residents to seek a swifter resolution to the closure.

![Cllr Paul Ray (centre) with residents at the entrance to the walkway](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/image-2.jpg)

Cllr Paul Ray (centre) with residents at the entrance to the walkway

> “I have been contacted by numerous residents who are not all happy about this closure and I arranged an on-site meeting on Saturday to discuss the issue.   
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> “I appreciate the reasons for the closure on health and safety grounds, but I really do hope that the the closure will not be for anywhere as near as long as six months.  
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> “I have spoken to the owner of the property and his response to residents’ concerns has been positive.  
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> “He has said to me that he fully understands those concerns and that he will work to having the work completed as soon as possible and hopefully in a much shorter period than the six months.”  
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> Cllr Paul Ray

Cllr Ray said he had also spoken with Lichfield City Council colleagues to get signage put up showing alternative routes into the city centre.