More investment into local services in city
BBCCoventry is set to benefit from extra waste removals, street cleaning and improvements to its road and pavements due to additional government funding.
The funding, from a fairer government settlement, will allow Coventry City Council to invest over £7.7m into local services.
It will also allow the council to raise council tax bills by less than the maximum amount allowed for the first time in 15 years.
Residents will see a 3.95% increase to their bills this April, lower than the maximum 4.99% allowed before triggering a referendum.
The council said a recent budget consultation showed residents were concerned about crime and anti-social behaviour, fly-tipping and potholes on the road.
Councillor Richard Brown said the council was already taking action against fly-tippers - but will use the extra funds to help alleviate residents' concerns.
He said: "We have added extra CCTV cameras in the places with the biggest problem, and now we are also looking at ways to educate and help communities by setting up a community skip service in parts of the city.
"Extra neighbourhood wardens will be recruited to deter and act on anti-social behaviour, and we'll be sending more clean-up teams to deal with street cleaning too."
Brown said a pilot scheme in Ball Hill has seen fly-tipping response times cut from five days to one and a half days.
Outdoor education centre Plas Dol-y-Moch, is also set to be refurbished.
He said: "It's provided 60 years of memories of the great outdoors of North Wales for local kids.
"This investment will mean that the facility remains financially viable and fit for modern use for the future."
Additional investment plans for the next financial year include:
- Extra waste removals to prevent fly-tipping hotspots
- Extra street cleaning
- Improving the condition of more road and pavements
- Improving employment opportunities for young people and
- Investing in ways to tackle anti-social behaviour
Brown added: "Now we are putting even more funding into the services that residents have told us matters most to them."
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