Incredible new plan to transform UK town 'not many things to do'

Whitefield has been criticised for not having overmuch to do. (Image: )

A UK municipality is getting a much-needed boost aft being criticised for having a "lack of things to do" and struggling with postulation congestion.

Bury Council is connected the brink of formally adopting plans to revamp Whitefield's municipality centre. The determination comes aft a consultation play that led to respective changes successful the archetypal blueprint.

The main issues identified earlier the program was drafted included a lack of a cardinal hub successful Whitefield, constricted activities, and postulation congestion.

The astir fashionable suggestions from the 250 participants were enhancing pedestrian and cyclist crossing points connected Bury New Road and Higher Lane, planting caller trees, creating wildflower areas, and installing container planters.

Support was besides fixed for the "Whitefield Common" proposals, which impact relocating the existing Uplands aesculapian centre to the erstwhile Whitefield library, freeing up the site for residential development.

Whitefield is getting a overmuch needed boost from the council. (Image: Aerial Photography)

However, the assembly acknowledged that securing backing for the program would beryllium challenging.

In effect to this, the authorization has decided to allocate astatine slightest 10 percent of locally raised superior receipts to enactment improvements specifically successful Whitefield.

This determination marks the archetypal clip the assembly has committed specified funds to a municipality plan successful the borough, with hopes it volition trigger a broader backing strategy for the transportation plan.

Concerns were raised during the consultation astir parking availability, peculiarly adjacent Slattery, and fears that enhancing progressive question infrastructure would beryllium unsuitable owed to roadworthy width, deficiency of demand, and the imaginable for further congestion.

While two-thirds wanted Bury New Road to stay arsenic it is, one-third desired much footpath abstraction for pedestrians, cyclists, oregon autobus lanes. There was besides vexation astatine a lack of assemblage spaces to meet.

Coun Eamonn O'Brien, person of Bury Council, said: "The Whitefield municipality centre program aims to amended the municipality centre country for communities, businesses and the environment.

"These proposals person been drafted pursuing extended input from section businesses, residents and assemblage representatives.

"We're each committed to making Whitefield an charismatic spot to live, enactment and visit. The municipality program volition assistance america articulation the dots and marque this happen.

"All the proposals volition necessitate further enactment and volition beryllium taxable to further engagement with applicable stakeholders. Funding volition besides beryllium required for implementation."

The council's furniture members are acceptable to o.k. the plan adjacent Wednesday, December 4. Some of the municipality centre plan's proposals volition beryllium implemented successful collaboration with Bury Council, portion others volition beryllium led by assemblage groups and section businesses.