Community spaces to benefit from improvements worth more than £80,000
Oldham Council has secured funding to refurbish three sites in the borough that are well used and important to residents.
Royton Park is set to get even better, as £27,140.16 will be spent to upgrade the existing facilities.
After listening to park users who want to see more fun things for toddlers to do, we’ll be creating a new sensory play space.
Paths and signage will also be improved, and new planting areas will be developed.
We are also pleased to announce that Shaw Memorial Gardens are to be refurbished.
The council is carrying out work worth £19,772.76 as we know how important the area is to the community.
Our teams will be removing, refurbishing and reinstating nine benches; lifting and resetting a large area of stone flags; taking out a tree suffering from ash die back in the centre of the garden and planting a new one.
A derelict storage cabin will also be removed.
Over in Failsworth we are going to improve the Rochdale Canal towpath between the Tesco Bridge (78D) and Ashton Road West (Bridge 79) to the tune of £33,253.83.
A general tidy up of the area will be carried out to improve the area’s appearance and our staff will also create a Failsworth Fruit Route, linking up two community growing hubs – Failsworth Growing Hub at the Town Hall and Grass Roots. Plus floating habitat islands will be added to encourage wildlife.
And to support our Don’t Trash Oldham campaign we are going to fund four paddle board litter picks so young people can help tidy up the waterway.
Councillor Chris Goodwin, Cabinet Member for Don’t Trash Oldham, said: “The council is always looking at ways we can improve our parks, green spaces and community areas.
“This funding will deliver real benefits for residents as we are improving places that are already popular and well used.
“There will be some slight disruption, which we’ll aim to keep to a minimum, while we carry out the work – but it’ll be worth it in the end.”
The work is set to start over the coming months.
The improvements have been paid for after the council secured Section 106 agreements – money developers must pay to the council to reduce the impact of their building work on the local community.
