An £18 million pound development is in place to rebuild the Meadows and Arkwright Walk. Some residents have lived there for 20 years and now it is hard and to find alternative homes nearby.
Ahead of the work beginning in October, 146 homes will have to be demolished with most of the residents in the area having already left their homes.
Now only eight residents remain in two streets where there were once around sixty people.
Residents in what is deemed the ‘New Meadows’, which is houses that were built in the 1960s and 70s, have had to be relocated and Guy Jones, a member of the Meadows Partnership Trust, says that the council has tried to rehouse most in the Meadows.
“The people that have lived in the houses that are being knocked down have been told there are plans for them to be rehoused as near to here as possible,” he said.
“Unfortunately there are not enough houses in the Meadows to do this and a lot of residents are getting quite upset and worried about what their future holds.”
Video: Guy Jones on why The Meadows is a brilliant place to live
Janet Byard, who has lived on Waldron Close with her disabled son for 22 years, is in one of the houses up for relocation.
She does see the need for Arkwright Walk to be redeveloped in order to modernise the area but she wishes she didn’t have to move out of her home, as she is one of the last residents remaining.
“I have enjoyed living in the area and like any place I have seen the good and the bad, the worst being when our house was broken in to three times so if I ever wanted to move it would have been then,” she said.
“I do see the need for it being redeveloped as the houses are old but I have enjoyed every minute of living in a community that is as friendly as this one.”
Video: Arkwright Walk resident Janet Byard explains the stresses of relocating
The work starts in October so the rush is on to rehouse Janet and the seven other residents still in their properties. For more on this story go to Notts TV On Demand.
