WORKS to rip up the controversial blue lias paving slabs in Dunster got underway this week.
Having installed the Blue Lias paving in January 2015, public pressure forced the council into a U-turn which will see the Blue Lias ripped up and replaced with Brecon Grey Stone, as in the High Street.
There will be two-way traffic signals in West Street from Monday, September 19 through until Friday, November 25 while the work is carried out.
A spokesman for Exmoor National Park said: "Work to replace the paving laid in West Street, Dunster last year is planned to start next week; the paving that is lifted will be recycled by the contractor.
"The replacement paving will be the same type as that laid along the High Street pavement some years ago which has blended well into the historic setting of Dunster.
"The cost of the work, around £55,000, will be met by Somerset County Council with support from Dunster Parish Council and the Dunster Working Group, of which Exmoor National Park Authority is a member."
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