New steps for St Georges
New steps at Albion Street in St Georges have been installed thanks to funding from Telford & Wrekin Council’s Pride in Our Community programme.
The area in St Georges is a busy walk through for the community and used by parents and children going to and from the local school. The new steps with hand rails either side have replaced old railway sleeper steps that were uneven and slippery during colder months.
St Georges Community Group, which holds a number of community events in the area throughout the year, has for some time hoped to secure funding to replace the steps.
The St Georges Community Group, said: “We are really happy to have secured the funding to replace the steps. The new ones look so much better and are more suitable for the amount of people who use them. We have planted wildflower seed either side of the steps which will look lovely next year and also attract bees and butterflies. Our thanks go to the Council.”
Cllr Richard Overton, deputy leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, said: “We are investing £7.5m in 340 Pride schemes across the borough this year. Improving our roads, paths and street lights, as well as smaller projects in communities, such as these steps. It is often the smaller improvements that mean the most in local neighbourhoods, so I am very pleased that we have been able to do this.”
For more information about the Pride in Our Community projects happening during 2018/19 visit www.telford.gov.uk/pride.
