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'Urgent' £290k upgrades proposed for Birmingham allotments
Urgent works are set to be carried out at allotments across Birmingham with a budget of nearly £290,000 if proposals are city council has identified "urgent improvements" at 14 sites, including those in Stockland Green, King's Heath, Stechford, and local authority wants to launch refurbishment projects within a budget of just over £288, proposals, which include securing boundaries and improving accessibility for plot-holders with disabilities, will be considered at a council cabinet meeting next Tuesday.
The proposed works would be funded through the Flo Pickering Memorial Fund, which is ring-fenced for allotment improvements only.
'Extremely dangerous roads'
"This will potentially increase the number of people renting allotment plots, which in turn will increase the income generated through these allotments," the council said in a authority added that doing nothing would compromise the security of the sites and the existing road-surfacing would become "extremely dangerous".The council's cabinet was recommended to approve spending £288,267 on the surfacing and fencing proposals at the sites.
The sites earmarked for the upgrade are:Bleak Hill Allotments, Stockland GreenSchool Lane Allotments, Shard EndBramble Hall Hayes Allotments, Shard EndPool Lane Allotments, Garretts GreenFrancis Road Allotments, Yardley West & StechfordCoventry Road Allotments, SheldonUffculme Highbury Park Allotments, Brandwood & King's HeathGreenaleigh Road Allotments, BillesleyHenlow Road Allotments, Highter's HeathWoodthorpe Road Allotments, Brandwood & King's HeathStrawberry Dene Selly Oak AllotmentsConey Green Allotments, Longbridge & West HeathPereira Road Allotments, HarborneShaftsbury Road Allotment, Sheldon
This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations.
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