Alternative funding sources for Worthing rotunda improvements will be needed

Worthing seafront shelter boarded up amid anti-social behaviour

Funding for the refurbishment of a beach shelter must come from another pot of money, say councillors.

The rotunda, which stands on the seafront at the end of Windsor Road, has previously been the subject of complaints from residents who claim it is used for anti-social behaviour, rough sleeping and drug taking.

The shelter was also boarded up in July this year.

Plans to spend £40,000 on refurbishment of the structure were discussed at a meeting of Adur and Worthing Councils’ joint strategic committee last night (September 7).

The funding would have come from an underspend on the Worthing parades improvements which used up £60,000 of a total budget of £100,000.

But councillors passed an amendment which means the funding will have to come from another source.

Kevin Jenkins (Con, Gaisford) said that the money for parades improvement should be spent on its intended purpose.

He explained: “I don’t disagree, obviously, that it [the rotunda] needs to be improved and we need to have a solution but I am disappointed to see where we are taking that money from.