As reported in last week's edition of the Times, Shoalhaven City Council is spending $300,000 on a revamp of the parkland adjoining the Princes Highway.

The project is expected to take three months and will see the construction of a series of grassed terraces and timber decking as well as the installation of new picnic tables, seating and garden beds.

However it comes at a cost.

All pedestrian access between the Princes Highway and the harbour area will be closed until the project is completed.

Temporary arrangements are being put in place for affected businesses such as the Harbourside Restaurant.

"We're trying to accommodate the businesses as best as we can," council landscape architect Kay Murray told the Times last week.

She urged people to focus on the "fantastic outcome" rather than the short-term disruption.

Council has already come under attack over the project with a number of people objecting to the removal of a large Norfolk Island pine.

However Ms Murray said the tree was considered unsound and had been identified for removal during extensive community consultation.

She said the two other pines would remain and added that other trees, Norfolk Island pines included, would be planted as part of the project.

Ms Murray said the tree that had been removed had been showing signs of rot and represented a threat to public safety.

Council's decision to remove the tree had been supported by an independent arborist and would also allow the steep bank between the Princes Highway and Ulladulla Harbour to be reshaped to make it more 'user-friendly'.

Ms Murray said the project had been planned so it would be finished at the end of September and before the before the busy October long weekend.

And while council had been criticised for removing the foreshore picnic tables shortly after being painted, she said they would be put to good use and installed elsewhere in the city.