All the necessary preparatory spadework having been carried out in terms of behind-the-scenes planning and preparation, work is now scheduled to start on creating a new allotments site in Brigg.
A provisional date for this, June 21, was revealed last night (Tuesday, May 25) by Coun Rob Waltham during Brigg Town Council's annual meeting.
Giving fellow councillors an update on the project to establish new plots on part of Woodbine Park, Coun Waltham (the Leader of North Lincolnshire Council) said a local contractor had been appointed.
The new allotments site will replace the established one on Grammar School Road (not far from the M180 flyover) which is earmarked for redevelopment.
The North Lincolnshire and Brigg Town authorities have been working together to create the Woodbine Park allotments. They will occupy land (currently grassed) on which post-war prefab bungalows were located for more than 20 years until the early 1970s. A large park was established after this temporary housing had been removed. Today the park is managed by North Lincolnshire Council.
Tenants growing their own fruit & veg on Woodbine Park will hire plots through Brigg Town Council, paying an annual rent.
The town authority also operates an allotments site off Atherton Way and Redcombe Lane, whose tenants will be unaffected by the forthcoming changes to plot provision elsewhere in the town.
PICTURED: Part of Woodbine Park and some of the allotments on Grammar School Road - a site to be phased out to make was for future redevelopment.