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New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Steve30000 wrote: 19 Feb 2023, 16:20 Grass going up on part of the building now...
Yip, I saw that yesterday and it looked really good.


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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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The small sample of the living wall looks alright looking from Cowies Roundabout which they have also grassed over.


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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Steve30000 wrote: 10 Jun 2022, 12:21
cam wrote: 07 Jun 2022, 18:51 Initially it looks cheap and nasty but maybe they will give it a coat of paint ha ha.
There's supposed to be a living wall going on...
This might be a daft question but are they going to have plants covering all the outside surface area of the car park and all living?
If so, I'd have the job of watering them, please.


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It's a living wall but I doubt if they will have a gardener :lol:


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It looks alright at night from a distance but a car park is never going to be a real good looking structure in my opinion.


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Let's see all the businesses close by prosper :cheers:


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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Doesn't say anywhere about how much it is to park in there.


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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Steve30000 wrote: 20 Jun 2023, 18:48 Doesn't say anywhere about how much it is to park in there.
It would be interesting to find out that.


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Re: New £14m car park being built on the edge of the vaux site

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Crawford wrote: 20 Jun 2023, 19:53
Steve30000 wrote: 20 Jun 2023, 18:48 Doesn't say anywhere about how much it is to park in there.
It would be interesting to find out that.
It makes no difference to me, I don't pay for my parking.


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