22/1/2010 - Locals chance to change future of Rickerby Park

Residents in Carlisle are being invited to give their views about the future of Rickerby Park.

The use and management of the park, which is owned and managed by Carlisle City Council, has become the subject of local debate over recent years.

The effects of flooding and riverbank erosion in recent years have seen some improvement works carried out and at the request of local residents, the city council’s Green Spaces team is now working on a five-year management plan.

A five-year plan will set out the top priorities for improvement in the park, including how pathways can be improved, plants wildlife and nurtured and the park’s cenotaph restored.

The meeting will bring together the Stanwix Urban Neighbourhood Forum with the Wetheral and Stanwix Rural Neighbourhood Forums which are run jointly by Cumbria County Council and Carlisle City Council.

Local people can find out more about the plans to improve the park and have their say on the proposals at the public meeting at Stanwix Primary School on Monday 1 February, opne from 7pm to 9pm.

City council officers together with local county and city councillors will be present at the meeting to listen to the views of residents about the priorities for bringing the park back to a standard where it could be entered for a Green Flag award.

Anyone can drop into the forum and to find out more about neighbourhood forums in Carlisle district go to cumbria.gov.uk/neighbourhoodforums or contact the county council’s community unit in Carlisle on 01228 226317.

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