ALMOST 100 projects are underway to improve a seaside town’s facilities.

From faster broadband to a new business park Worthing Borough Council is working to deliver dozens of different projects to improve and enhance a host of facilities across the town.

Altogether, 75 schemes in the council’s capital investment programme for this year have been completed or are progressing “satisfactorily”.

Despite delays and external supply issues, a further 24 other projects are also due to be completed over the coming months.

Among the projects progressing well are:

Gigabit

Adur and Worthing Councils are introducing a “state-of-the-art” internet service that will upgrade digital infrastructure and connect more than 70 public buildings and public spaces to new, lightning-quick broadband services.

The Argus: Gigabit being installed in Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, in early 2019 Gigabit being installed in Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, in early 2019 (Image: Worthing Borough Council)

AW Workspaces

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is set to move into a renovated Portland House in the town centre, saving the council more than £188,000 in total.

Decoy Farm

Work to transform the site into a new business park and employment hub is well advanced and the area has been handed back to the council following preparation work.

The council has secured a £100,000 Changing Places facilities grant to create a new disabled toilet in the borough. Discussions are ongoing about where the larger, accessible toilets should be sited.

Work is also due to be carried out over the coming weeks to replace the leaking roof at Broadwater Pavilion.

The repairs are expected to be completed by mid-October.

Councillor John Turley, Worthing’s cabinet member for resources, said: “The council has delivered some exciting and much-needed projects to the benefit of everyone in Worthing that are on time and on budget.

“We are fully committed to investing in this great town, whether that is for a new jobs hub like the one being planned at Decoy Farm, improving disabled facilities or enhancing or regenerating our public spaces.

“There are so many excellent  schemes that have been completed already, while some are ongoing. But we won’t stop there and there are even more fantastic projects planned for future years.”