LYMM Parish Council has recently taken on a new part-time Environment Warden to help look after the village’s environment and green spaces.
Pressure on finances at Warrington Borough Council means that if tasks are to be carried out in the village, then the Parish Council needs to take on a bigger role.
Chairman of the Council’s Environment Committee, Cllr Ann Johnstone said:“Our new employee Lesley Coates will report to our Environment Manager Paul Urmston. Lymm also has an Environment Working Group with an independent Chairman Chris Wakefield. This Group is taking on an increasingly important role and brings together councillors, council employees, representatives of the many ‘green’ organisations we are blessed with in Lymm as well as residents. We all want to work together to help make Lymm a greener and more attractive place.”
The Parish team works closely with Warrington Council’s Ranger Tim Baker and with the groups represented on the Environment Group. Current projects include looking for sites for more tree planting, reviewing signage in the village to decide what is missing or what is surplus, a knotweed survey, investigating the feasibility of a water fountain, litter picks and persuading landowners to cut back hedges over-hanging pavements.
Paul Urmston added, “One of our other roles is to work closely with the PCSOs to move the portable Speed Indicator Devices, known as SIDs, around the village and make sure their batteries are charged. Please contact us on [email protected] if you have any suggestions about where a SID should be located. Also let us know if you have any ideas on environmental improvements that we can add to the team’s work-plan.”
New recruit Lesley Coates added: “In keeping with our green commitment, we have upgraded some of our equipment so everything is now electric and nothing runs on petrol any longer. I am setting up a Facebook page and Instagram so we can show everybody what we are doing to make Lymm a nicer place in which to live.”
Picture shows Lesley Coates showing off some new equipment at the top of Slitten Brook and Paul Urmston with a SID
