Facelift for Lyric Square Ahead of 2017 Summer Celebrations

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Paving being 'grit blasted' to deep clean and improve surface texture

 

Work has begun giving Hammersmith's Lyric Square a facelift ahead of this year's summer activities.

H&F Council says the limestone paved surface is being 'grit blasted' with a machine that will give it a deep clean while also improving the surface texture.

The work will last for approximately four weeks and requires small areas of the square between Beadon Road and King Street to be fenced off so contractors can work safely.

The council says the paving was first laid when Lyric Square opened in 2005 and has undergone several improvements, but this is the first work to improve the paving surface across the whole square.

Contractors are working Monday to Wednesday, 8am until 6pm, but will not work on Thursdays or Fridays to avoid disrupting the two food markets, open on these days between 8am and 5pm. The work will also take place on weekends, from 8am to 4pm.

The improvement works were approved by Hammersmith & Fulham Council in March and follow trials of the grit-blasting technique in the square in 2016.

Details of this year's Summer Festival, run by HammersmithLondon are expected to be announced sortly.

May 10, 2017