WORK on the planned sewage pumping station in Hailey Park has been pushed back until September – leaving Save Hailey Park campaigners “surprised” as work was due to start in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welsh Water said the delay is due to \u201coutstanding issues\u201d and \u201cthe bird-nesting season\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community groups have worked together for over a year to campaign against the works on their local green space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends of Hailey Park and YGC Rebel Mams have joined with the Llandaff North Residents’ Association (LNRA) to set up the Save Hailey Park Campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steph Wilkins, head of the LNRA, was emailed by Welsh Water with news of the delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 53-year-old said: \u201cI\u2019m still in a daze, to be honest. I had to pick myself up off the floor when I read those messages. We wanted it but we weren\u2019t expecting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe spent most of Monday 13 preparing for them to come and start work because we hadn\u2019t heard otherwise so it was a nice surprise. I did think it would be imminent, I wasn\u2019t expecting them to push it back.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planned sewage pumping station will deal with sewage from the planned Plasdwr housing development across the river in Radyr. The existing treatment works do not have the capacity to accommodate the increase from the Plasdwr site, according to planning documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n