A Southampton road has had a fresh revamp after volunteers repainted over cement blocks.

Employees from Balfour Beatty Living Places and other council partners joined together to revamp the blocks on Argyle Road.

The road is used by hundreds of residents and visitors to access sites nearby such as Masjid Abu Bakr Mosque, Lighthouse International Church, Solent GP Surgery, and Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadar Sahib.

The concrete structures had fallen into disrepair due to graffiti, general wear and tear, and weathering.

After the team cleaned the blocks and painted them white, James Hewins, an artist from the organisation Zest Art Collective. James produced seasonal designs and volunteered to draw them onto the five concrete traffic blocks.

It was at this point the concrete blocks were ready for members and children of Abu Bakr mosque to come along and paint them with colours of their choice.

This work was planned by Balfour Beatty staff, who used their company-issued volunteering hours, with all materials donated by BQS and Chapter 8, coming at no cost to Southampton City Council.

Contract Director, Gaetana Wiseman said: “We’re really pleased to have been able to coordinate a project that brings sparkle and a new lease of life to the traffic blocks in Argyle Road.

“Thanks to Nick from our team working with Southampton City Council, residents, businesses, artists and valued colleagues from our supply chain who have come together to collaborate on this project. They look great and make a real difference!

“This project has been completed using entirely volunteering hours from both our direct employees and our supply chain, coming at no cost to the partnership.

“We would like to thank our Balfour Beatty workforce as well as our supply chain, BQS and Chapter 8, for taking on this work in their own time, as well as St Marys Fire Station and Masjid Abu Bakr Mosque for organising the design of the structures.”