Campaign to Tidy Up Hitherbroom Park in Hayes

I visited Hitherbroom Park in Hayes this week with local councillors Lynne Allen and Peter Curling. Over the years we have campaigned with local residents to ensure that the park is kept tidy and to overcome the problems of flooding that has occurred when the stream through the park becomes blocked. Each year I get together a group of local residents called the Friends of Hitherbroom Park to do a litter pick and general tidy up. However we agreed with the council a few years ago a management plan for the park, which included a programme of regular drainage works to prevent the stream and pond becoming blocked and flooding occurring. On my inspection visit with the local ward councillors I could see that although some drainage work had been undertaken there was still debris dumped in the stream We will take this up with the council and make sure this park is properly maintained. It is one of the many local parks and green space areas that we are fighting to protect and keep to a high environmental standard. We are all determined as local residents that we do lose our open spaces or allow them to become run down. 

submitted by John on 14 Apr 2011 at 08:52