Plans for £2.3million park in Wirral cast into doubt

Oct 6 2010 by Liam Murphy, Bromborough and Bebington News

PLANS to create a park in Wirral on a former rubbish tip, on the banks of the Mersey, have been thrown into doubt because of cuts by the Northwest Development Agency.

Wirral Council has already warned local councillors that the £2.3m project funding to regenerate the old Bromborough waste landfill site is in doubt.

The plan, put together under the Newlands 2 programme and the Mersey Coastal Park Strategy, was for extensive landscaping and an “iconic sculpture” erected at the new park’s highest point.

Local councillor Steve Niblock has now demanded an urgent meeting involving the council, the Forestry Commission – who were to carry out the work – and Biffa.

Cllr Niblock said: “This is bitterly disappointing after residents have had to suffer over 20 years of tipping.

“We need urgently to discuss with Biffa what they now propose.”