allotments

Local people attending the Northfield Ward Forum on 8 January agreed to spend £30,000 out of the Forum’s £40,000 budget for the current financial year on improvements to Blondin Park. £20,000 of the total is to be spent on:

• 6 benches and 5 new waste bins
• refurbishment of the entrance signs, gates and railings
• shrubbery improvements

Two alternative proposals have been made for spending the remaining £10,000. These are:

• expanding the allotment site into the grassed area of Blondin Park, or