Spoilt Beauty Spot: Coun Jake Lodge at the site off highstone lane where quad bike riders have run amok. Picture Shaun Colborn PD091976
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FUNDING has been secured to help tackle off-road bikes and quads which have torn up a playing field.
Cash - which comes from Section 106 money gained from housing developers - has been granted to install a fence along the Holgate Mount entrance to Cromwell Mount Playing Fields at Ward Green.
The area has been blighted by off-road bikes and quads according to Coun Jake Lodge, resulting in significant damage to the playing field and causing anger to residents in the area.
Coun Lodge said: “I’m delighted to have helped secure funding for this fence, which will have a massively positive impact on the area.
“However, I’ll not be complacent, and I know of other areas which are being blighted by off-road bikes and quads.
“I’ve regularly raised this with our neighbourhood policing team and I’m looking forward to seeing what action can be taken by the relevant authorities.’’
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