Two years ago the council promised the town a plan for the recreation ground. Two years on, we have had three consultations, a feasibility study, and a set of coloured maps, but no decision. The people of Wrenfield are owed better than this.

The rec is not a difficult idea. It is the open ground where the town has played football, walked dogs, and held its summer fair for as long as anyone can remember. What it needs is modest and well understood.

The case for getting on with it

The improvements residents keep asking for are not extravagant:

• Drainage on the lower pitch, which floods every winter
• A refurbished pavilion with working changing rooms
• Safer lighting on the path to the car park
• A play area that meets modern safety standards

None of this requires another survey. The costs are known, the demand is obvious, and the delay is beginning to look less like caution than avoidance.

We do not doubt the council’s good intentions. But intentions do not drain a pitch. The town has been patient; now it would like a date, a budget, and a spade in the ground. The Post will keep asking until it gets one.

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Further reading: What a recreation ground is

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