Improvement of road surfacing and drainage on the Newlands housing estate in Brigg has been carried out on behalf of North Lincolnshire Council over many months and here are a few pictures to show how it is now (above) and how things were (below).
The old concrete roads - long past their sell-by date - have been brought up to modern standard by Clugston, including Birch Avenue, viewed here from the junction with Almond Grove.
We support the idea of an official opening to mark this significant project which benefits many Brigg people.
Newlands was constructed in the late 1930s by Brigg Urban District Council and many of the original residents moved there from cottages in the old town centre courtyards.
The land for Newlands was acquired from a large national brewery, and we are surprised that no-one built a pub on the new estate. You'd think the demand would have been there.
Contrast that with the Ancholme Inn, created on Grammar School Road in 1960 to meet the needs of folk living on the expanding Springbank estate.
