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Keep up to dateBy Richard Threlfall2019-06-19T05:47:00
We believe there’s no money to pay for infrastructure – the problem is more who controls the budgets
I was walking home after work a few days ago past my local riverside park, when I noticed to my surprise a group of individuals busily trimming the grass edges to one of the paths. I went over to talk to them and confirmed as I suspected that they were a recently formed group of volunteers, a Friends of the Park, group. “The council doesn’t have the money to maintain it any more,” I was told. They are on Facebook but a website is planned. They want to raise £200,000 to replace the playground equipment.
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