Work to start next month on £5million transformation of Bloxwich green spaces
Work to transform Bloxwich Park, Pat Collins Memorial Gardens and Promenade Gardens is expected to start next month.
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The upgrades are part of a £5million Greening Bloxwich programme, paid for by the government’s national Towns Deal funding.
The Greening Bloxwich project will also see improvements to King George V Playing Fields and Leamore Park.
At a council meeting earlier this week, portfolio holder for health and wellbeing councillor Gary Flint, said improvements, starting in May at Bloxwich Park, Pat Collins Memorial Gardens and Promenade Gardens, will see new foot paths, seating areas, and new play equipment.
He also said the transformation of King George V Playing Fields will make it a ‘visitor destination’ putting ‘Bloxwich on the map’.
Councillor Flint said: “We will have a new pavilion, all weather pitches, new seating, footpaths, lighting, a real accessible open space that will hopefully put Bloxwich on the map.
“That site will become a visitor destination for this borough and will become a gem in the crown of our green spaces.”
No timeframe was provided as to when the improvements will be carried out to King George’s, or as to when the children’s play area will be reopened.
In response to the closed play area at King George’s, councillor Flint said: “There was a delay in the installation of the vandalised play equipment because we were working with police and other partners around the potential culprits of that. I can’t go into too much detail about that here.
“There is a contract about to be awarded this week, which will see the installation of the replacement equipment.”
