Exciting and controversial proposals for the £6 million regeneration of Grange-over-Sand's rundown promenade have gone under public scrutiny this week.

Details of the Time and Tide project were displayed for the first time yesterday (Thursday) amid a split in opinion over the designs of the much-anticipated project within the 3Ps group.

The 3Ps group was established in 2001 to formalise plans to regenerate the promenade, derelict pool and bring public art to the area, and commissioned architects to help it realise the vision for the seaside resort.

While some members hailed the futuristic plans which include a new caf and toilet block based on the structure of a magnified grain of sand and a cantilever jetty protruding into Morecambe Bay at the Clare House Lane bridge site as a breath of fresh air, others were sceptical that residents would embrace them.

But everyone who attended the opening of a three-day public display at Victoria Hall, which ends on Saturday, agreed that the promenade was in dire need of a new lease of life.

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