There was a recent proposal by Cheshire East Council to reduce the frequency of grass cutting and other routine maintenance in some of our green spaces with the threat to only cut the grass 1 or 2 times a year in many areas!
I was obviously against these cuts to services that we already pay for.
Thank you to everyone who supported me in responding to these proposals with your concerns. I am glad to say that instead of a reduction in grass cutting, we will now see an INCREASE in grass cutting in most of our green open spaces.
- Green space opposite Windsor Avenue— Proposed reduction in grass cutting from 6 cuts to 1 or 2 cuts a year.
Will now INCREASE to 8 cuts a year (was previously 6 cuts, and proposal was to cut only 1 or 2 times a year) - Green space from Brooklands Grove to Frank Webb Avenue — Proposed reduction in grass cutting from 6 cuts to 1 or 2 cuts a year.
Will now INCREASE to 8 cuts a year (was previously 6 cuts, and proposal was to cut only 1 or 2 times a year) - Land off Frank Webb Avenue by Westbourne Avenue—Proposed reduction in grass cutting from 6 cuts to 1 or 2 cuts a year.
Will now INCREASE to 8 cuts a year (was previously 6 cuts, and proposal was to cut only 1 or 2 times a year) - Leighton Brook Park (Frank Webb Avenue Playground/Field)— Proposed reduction in grass cutting from 12-14 cuts to 8 cuts a year.
Will now be 10 cuts a year (will not be reduced to the proposed 8) so still an improvement from the proposal.
It is great news that our views have been listened to, and we have not only avoided the cuts to these services, but actually increased the level of service we will now receive.