WORK is taking place to tidy up a shopping area in Burntwood.
Teams from Lichfield District Council are jet-washing pedestrian areas at Burntwood Shopping Centre at Sankey’s Corner.
The work is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.
It was carried out thanks to funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to enhance retail areas in Lichfield and Burntwood.
The next phase will see the introduction of improvements to create areas which the local authority says will be “more welcoming and vibrant”.
Cllr Richard Holland, cabinet member for high street and economic development, said:
“I am really pleased with the clean-up operation at Sankey’s Corner – it makes such a difference.
“The works to improve Burntwood town and Lichfield city centres will make both areas more attractive benefiting our retail and hospitality businesses.”
Areas covered by the project in Burntwood include High Street, Morley Road, Parkhill Road and Swan Island, while in Lichfield the city centre’s pedestrianised zone as well as Minster Pool Walk and The Friary are earmarked for a clean-up.
At what point, and why, did this area need to use the ‘UK Shared Prosperity Fund’ just to have pavements jet washed? A spare fund requires accessing ‘for a clean-up’… Seriously?
This area of Chase Terrace would look much better if someone would change the locks on the doors of the old Bill Stickers pub so to gain entry ,remove the window barriers, give it a tidy up and lick of paint and convert it into something of use. Anything would be an improvement on the tatty eyesore that the current “owners” have let it develop into.
Does Lichfield city use ‘UK Shared Prosperity Fund’ to clean and maintain their streets? The same city Burntwood residents pay council tax too. It’s about time Burntwood had improvements from that same pot for the benefit of the residents.
Cllr Ennis will be adding this to his list of ‘outstanding achievements’. Meanwhile the pub sits empty and derelict and the vacant plot almost directly over the road is a real eyesore. But at least the slabs are clean. Job done.
I hope it works out better than when they did Tamworth Street in Lichfield, it took all the sand out now it’s a death trap
@Saddlers – Burntwood town councillors have tried repeatedly to have the former The Oak/Bill Stickers/The Troupador reopened. Unfortunately, unless either the landlord or its tenant wants to do something, there has been very little that could be done. We could no more force them that we could a private homeowner. Thankfully, this Govt has introduced legislation that will allow LDC to do something, and we are asking LDC to do that.
Doesn’t look any different another way to wast money better spent anywhere else