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MargaretR · 23-01-2012, 22:48

I have looked at "Allotment Regeneration Programme" on the council website here -

Allotment Regeneration Programme - Progress to Date

and can only comment on the work done at Heys
" Waiting list time down to 27 months
Completion of 'big plot' that created 36 allotment plots and a number of raised beds suitable for disabled users
Increase in site plots
Drainage improvements
Upgrade of ginnels and track improvements"

Throughout the last two summers a coach daily delivered a motley crew of 'youths' (some wearing ankle tags) to the Heys site. Their numbers varied between half a dozen and 20.

I was told that they were subdividing some of the large plots at the far reaches of the site into smaller plots. They arrived about 9.30 and left about 3pm -hardly work experience jobs - but by the appearance of them it seemed more like 'compulsory community service'.

I have not ventured that far into the site to view their handiwork but my neighbour advises me that a car park area has been provided adjacent to these constructed plots, which has meant that the car park adjacent to the flats where I live gets used much less now.

I confess to spending a large amount of my time looking out of my window, I have never seen tarmac equipment go up the allotment tracks. I have seen the occasional lorry load of gravel go up there are return empty. The tracks are still hazardous to vehicles. Only last summer a car was towed away from my front door having damaged something vital on its underside(a lot of either petrol or oil leaked onto the road) when coming down the track.

Track maintenance cannot have amounted to much more than filling some of the worst holes with gravel.

23-01-2012, 22:48	#38
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68671	Re: Allotments I have looked at "Allotment Regeneration Programme" on the council website here - Allotment Regeneration Programme - Progress to Date and can only comment on the work done at Heys " Waiting list time down to 27 months Completion of 'big plot' that created 36 allotment plots and a number of raised beds suitable for disabled users Increase in site plots Drainage improvements Upgrade of ginnels and track improvements" Throughout the last two summers a coach daily delivered a motley crew of 'youths' (some wearing ankle tags) to the Heys site. Their numbers varied between half a dozen and 20. I was told that they were subdividing some of the large plots at the far reaches of the site into smaller plots. They arrived about 9.30 and left about 3pm -hardly work experience jobs - but by the appearance of them it seemed more like 'compulsory community service'. I have not ventured that far into the site to view their handiwork but my neighbour advises me that a car park area has been provided adjacent to these constructed plots, which has meant that the car park adjacent to the flats where I live gets used much less now. I confess to spending a large amount of my time looking out of my window, I have never seen tarmac equipment go up the allotment tracks. I have seen the occasional lorry load of gravel go up there are return empty. The tracks are still hazardous to vehicles. Only last summer a car was towed away from my front door having damaged something vital on its underside(a lot of either petrol or oil leaked onto the road) when coming down the track. Track maintenance cannot have amounted to much more than filling some of the worst holes with gravel. __________________ Last edited by MargaretR; 23-01-2012 at 22:53.