Next phase of seafront development about to start

Work on the second phase of a major £4.9m seafront development is due to start in October.

The project at Jubilee Parade in Lowestoft, Suffolk, would include a two-storey restaurant and café complex together with three new leisure concession units, public toilets and changing facilities.

Lowestoft construction company P.J. Spillings has been awarded the contract to deliver the scheme.

The first phase of construction began in February, with some beach huts moved to create space for temporary toilets and a café to be installed.

A new lift would also be installed to improve better access along the seafront for those with mobility issues and for pushchair users.

The lift would connect the Upper Esplanade with the Lower Promenade, providing access to the restaurant space and first floor Eastern Edge beach huts.

Construction is expected to start in October, with completion scheduled for late summer next year.

Councillor Tim Wilson, East Suffolk’s cabinet member economic development and transport said: "We are pleased to award the construction contract for Jubilee Parade to a local business and are looking forward to seeing the next phase of this exciting development take shape.

"The new complex will greatly improve the facilities on offer at this part of the seafront and will also increase seafront access for everyone."

A spokesperson for P.J. Spillings said: "We are ecstatic to be back on board with the Jubilee Parade project team to deliver this incredible build, which will help progress the regeneration plans for Lowestoft."

Other improvements at Jubilee Parade included external lighting to the new complex and the Lower Promenade, completion of the beach buildout and the installation of outdoor accessible showers.

When the development is complete, Sunrise at Zaks will be located on the ground floor, but until that time the business will continue to operate out of its current temporary unit on the Lower Promenade.

The Volunteer Lifeguard Corps will be relocated in a new separate unit on the Lower Promenade in the spring.

East Suffolk Council said the redevelopment of Jubilee Parade would support the wider regeneration projects outlined in the Lowestoft Town Investment Plan, and would complement the Seafront Vision project at Royal Plain, Royal Green and South Quay Wharf.

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