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Play area spring clean

The play area on the byway is entirely owned by the Parish Council – this includes both the land and the equipment. The equipment is checked by trained members of the Parish Council at least every 14 days with an annual safety inspection by a 3rd party.

The rubber safety mats of both sections of the play area have recently been treated to remove moss that had grown on them over the winter.

Over the next few months the benches in the junior section will be refurbished and parts of the perimeter fence that are life expired and rotten will be replaced with recycled plastic materials (imitation wood).

Maintenance activities within the Parish are carried out entirely be volunteers. If parishioners have a few spare hours to assist, then please get in touch.

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Firs Road footpath

Further work has been carried out on the Firs Rd footpath from the field gate towards the A30.

The hedge has been trimmed and the path scraped back to the hardcore base to provide more grip and better drainage in wet weather. The useable width is now 3 times wider than before.

The photograph (click to show full image) shows the widened path and its original width in the background by the road signs. The last short remaining section to the A30 will be completed in the next few weeks.