Once again Labour cabinet members have secured a £500,000 Community Investment Fund that will sit alongside our manifesto commitments to complete small scale neighbourhood projects that make small, but important contributions to a neighbourhood - such as parking bays, new trees and knee rails.
new grasscrete on Almons Way provided as part of 2015/16 Community Investment Fund
This years fund will provide the following
- £350k Ward walkabout projects and neighbourhood enhancements
- £25k Enabling measures for potential temporary ice arena provision - water and electricity connections to site
- £40k 3x Green Gyms for parks at various locations and play/exercise equipment
- £20k replacement shrubs/landscaping at various locations across Sloughs public realm including, but not limited to, parks, highway verges and established planted areas.
- £35k Verge protection measures – knee rails, double kerbs, bollards at various locations around the Borough
- £30k Towards improving casework enquiries and response services to residents
new parking bays have been installed across the Borough
A report into the projects enabled by the 2015/16 Community Investment Fund can be found here - a brief overview is listed below:
- New parks facilities and ground improvements
- New street signs
- New movable CCTV cameras to tackle ASB and flytipping
- Ward budgets for local community enhacements
- Wexham Road crossing
- Allygating projects to stop ASB
- Sough cycle hire
- Electronic variable road signs to improve road safety