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West Way Ponds Community Nature Reserve and Wildlife Educational Project

8th of July, 2022

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The Parish Council is working with Chorley Borough Council to improve the West Way Ponds Community Nature Reserve

The Ranger Team (Chorley Borough Council) have carried out any urgent works and replaced the missing plank from the viewing platform and strimmed back the vegetation.

Quotes have been sought to tarmac the path linking from the Sports Hub to Wymundsley and quotes are in the process of being sought to remove the old boundary fencing, replace the timber boardwalks with non-slip planks, resurface the paths with fresh aggregate and create a small forest school education area for Buckshaw Primary School to use. Any non-native trees would be removed from the site to open up some of the canopy to let in more light to the other trees and pond.  

Once the cost of the works were known, Chorley Borough Council will be exploring potential external funding streams that could be available