November 21st 2005

 The members of Great Yarmouth Haven Rotary Club returned to their usual venue and listened to a talk by Rosie Crouch of InteGREAT about the road alterations to Regent Road and the promenade. InteGREAT is a partnership of local councils and other organisations that combines the function of introducing schemes to improve the local amenities for residents and visitors and acquiring the finance to fund those schemes. The current road improvements are taking place in the Regent and Nelson Wards, which are scheduled for economic regeneration and can attract European funds. After major consultations, InteGREAT adopted a good quality scheme that would give an identity to the town and provide a cohesive link between town and sea. Other local schemes that involved InteGREAT included The Old Sailors Home, the rebuilding of the Wellington Pier, the provision of beach wheelchairs, the pedestrianisation of Regent Road, recent improvements in the Market Place, the restoration of St. James Church, the provision of three large screens in the town, historic lampposts for a heritage area. Future projects include a thorough survey of the Town Wall, which is the most complete in the country, and a restoration of Market Row.