A Highgate councillor has expressed his disappointment and dismay at works on one of the area’s Neighbourhood Assembly projects this year, and has questioned the £5,000 price tag put on the project.

Cllr Bob Hare says the fence Haringey Council has put around the Peace Park on the Archway Road looks ridiculous and that the Council has failed to respond to his attempts to provide input on the project.

Cllr Hare spent considerable time trying to set up a meeting between local people and the Council on the issue, which he says was largely ignored by the Council. While the project was meant to enhance the whole site, the final result has produced an odd and pointless fence around the green space, with a mixture of thick and thin posts and caps which extend oddly above the fence. However, the part of the fencing that was arguably most needed, along Muswell Hill Road, has not even been completed.

Cllr Bob Hare (Highgate) comments:

“Haringey Council has handled this project very badly. I am staggered, as are local residents, that these works can have cost £5000 according to the figures we’ve been given. I will be pursuing this with the Council to see if we can get a better result.

“It seems that in the rush to get these projects completed, the Council has carried out a half-hearted and very poor value job.”