ROYTON Park and Shaw Memorial Gardens are among three sites set to receive thousands of pounds worth of investment from Oldham Council.
The Council has secured the funding to refurbish the sites, along with Rochdale Canal towpath in Failsworth, as they are well used and important to residents.
A sum of £27,140.16 will be spent to upgrade the existing facilities at Royton Park.
After listening to park users who want to see more fun things for toddlers to do, the Council will create a new sensory play space. Paths and signage will also be improved, and new planting areas developed.
Shaw Memorial Gardens will also be refurbished, with the Council set to carry out work worth £19,772.76.
Its teams will be removing, refurbishing and reinstating nine benches, lifting and resetting a large area of stone flags, taking out a tree suffering from ash die back in the centre of the garden and planting a new one. A derelict storage cabin will also be removed.
In Failsworth improvements will be made to the Rochdale Canal towpath between the Tesco Bridge (78D) and Ashton Road West (Bridge 79) to the tune of £33,253.83.
A general tidy up of the area will be carried out to improve its appearance and staff will create a Failsworth Fruit Route, linking up two community growing hubs – Failsworth Growing Hub at the Town Hall and Grass Roots. Floating habitat islands will be added to encourage wildlife.
And to support the Council’s Don’t Trash Oldham campaign they are going to fund four paddle board litter picks so young people can help tidy up the waterway.
Councillor Chris Goodwin, Cabinet Member for Don’t Trash Oldham, said: “The Council is always looking at ways we can improve our parks, green spaces and community areas.
“This funding will deliver real benefits for residents as we are improving places that are already popular and well used.
“There will be some slight disruption, which we’ll aim to keep to a minimum, while we carry out the work – but it’ll be worth it in the end.”
The work is set to start over the coming months and have been paid for after the Council secured Section 106 agreements – money developers must pay to the Council to reduce the impact of their building work on the local community.