TWO councillors in Culcheth, Warrington, are campaigning for a recreation ground to be refurbished to help ease parking congestion in their village.
Cllrs Chris Vobe and Matt Smith have launched their “Refurbish our Rec Ground” campaign for the Shaw Street Recreation Ground, Culcheth, to highlight the benefits that a full resurfacing and maintenance programme would bring.
They say that the Recreation Ground could be ideally used as an additional car park to help ease the problems with congestion and parking in the village.
Cllr Vobe (pictured right) said: “Shaw Street Recreation Ground is in need of a makeover. The frequency of pot holes and very poor lighting mean that people simply aren’t using it to park in the evenings – leading to vast parking problems and congestion in the Newchurch area.
“These parking difficulties have been long-standing concerns for people in the village. That is why we are launching a forceful campaign, which urges the Borough Council not to ignore Newchurch and to allocate funding to the restoration of this site.”
Both councillors have contacted residents in the nearby area to encourage them to support the campaign. They intend to present the collected signatures to the council’s Chief Executive Steven Broomhead and request that the refurbishment of the site is placed in next year’s capital programme.
Cllr Smith (pictured left) added: “Shaw Street Recreation Ground is a great asset to our village. Many areas don’t have the open spaces that we are fortunate enough to have, which is why we must maintain them well for use by everyone. The Conservative/LibDem coalition at the Town Hall allowed this area to become forgotten and neglected. Our
campaign is designed to bring some focus back to Shaw Street and show the council that there are many benefits to refurbishing the Recreation Ground.”
The councillors hope that, if the resurfacing and refurbishment can be agreed, that the Ground can be used as a safe and secure car park for the Newchurch area – particularly by customers frequenting nearby restaurants. They hope that short-term investment here will provide a longer-term solution to some of the local problems.
Campaign to ease parking congestion
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The sports users of Shaw Street playing fields have had to put up with the pitiful state of the car park for ages but now the councillors are ‘fighting’ for it to be improved because an Indian restaurant, that should never have been approved, is causing an embarrassment.
On a seperate but important issue, doesn’t the fact that two councillors are involved suggest we have too many of them?
I completely agree. It’s a pity they didn’t listen to the residents before granting planning It was ridiculous to grant planning permission for a 100 cover restuarant that only had 6 car parking spaces. And you are now adding insult to injury to local residents by asking them to fund new parking for a commercial business just so they can access their own homes. If Spice are having problems with parking , I suggest they cough up to pay for the improvements.