US Politics | Our useless council wasted £3.8m ‘beautifying’ our town – but it’s still just as grim
RESIDENTS have blasted their council for ...wasting... £3.8million on a ...beautification... scheme which left their town just as grim as before. Cleethorpes locals were promised a fancy lit-up palm tree on the seafront as part of an ...open-air art gallery... aimed at boosting tourism. 
SWNSToni Buckleweavers said the council's ...money was wasted' '/ ' 
SWNSResidents blasted the council for wasting £3.8million on the beautification scheme '/ ' 
SWNSTony Bryson, 71, said he was ...disgusted' at the idea of the palm tree '/ ' But the palm tree \- part of a £600k revamp of the resort's North Promenade \- never materialised. The council claimed Covid and escalating costs forced them to scrap it. A total of £38k of their £3.8m budget was spent on the non-existent palm tree. Work on the North Promenade formed part of a £3.8m Coastal Communities Fund project \- which promised to refresh many areas of the town. But locals have blasted the project, claiming their area looks no different to before. Read more UK news 
WAY OUT Putin 'offered surrender deal' as Ukraine retakes Kherson and troops drown in river Toni Buckleweavers, 34, who owns a local business, has said that she feels like the ...money was wasted... \- and that the tourism in the seaside town was ...overlooked.... She said: ...All of the money was wasted and the tourism side of it was just overlooked so someone needs to be held accountable. ...This is a deprived area with no investments and that attraction has no ties to the area. ...It should have been about the RAF, or the RNLI or fishing instead \- I just don't get what it has to do with anything. Most read in The US Sun DON THE AISLE Inside Tiffany Trump's lavish wedding as she stuns with Ivanka at Mar-a-Lago BARKING MAD Kourtney & Travis bashed for teen Alabama's 'inappropriate' birthday dress 'IT'S HER DAY, NOT HER DAD'S' Tiffany Trump wedding guest reveals details of big day 'IS SHE OK?' Kim Kardashian sparks concern after fans spot 'disturbing' detail on her face GLAM EVENT Donald walks daughter down the aisle as she marries Michael Boulos MISS-ED THE MARK I am a teacher - trolls say my dresses are inappropriate but I don't care ...There is just a lot of potential for the area, it's so naturally beautiful.... Meanwhile, Dave Hill, 58, said he also thinks the council's scheme is a ...waste of money.... He said: ...The council don't do anything to help and they've just messed themselves around for this palm tree which is so silly. ...Nothing ever gets done around here.... Angry resident Tony Bryson, 71, has said he was ...disgusted... at the idea of the palm tree. He said: ...I am disgusted, there has just been no thought that has gone into it. "It's a palm tree \- it's no Angel of the North and there is just no point in it. "It is just a waste of time and instead of that they should be making more attractions for children." North East Lincolnshire Council leader Philip Jackson: ...In the last few years, we've spent more than £7m of grant funding in the resort on a number of projects which are helping to improve the look and feel of the resort. "More than 2,700 local people and businesses got involved in the Masterplan work over the last winter, which looks at how the resort should develop over the next 10 years. "In the current financial climate, the council is doing everything it can to secure funding to bring forward projects to improve the area. ...We've had a £18.4m Levelling Up Fund bid into Government for the resort, which if it's approved, will see the first few projects from that masterplan delivered on the ground. "Like many other seaside resorts, the impact of the pandemic hit local businesses hard. ...We supported our local businesses through the pandemic, making sure that we did everything we could to get the money due to them from Government quickly so that they could weather the storm. And we've many schemes running throughout the year that support small businesses from start up to growth. Read More on The Sun 
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UN-PRETTY I'm pretty & it's NOT good - girls exclude me, they're jealous of my appearance "Through our tourism team, we do everything we can to attract people to the resort, with the most recent figures showing that visitors spend an average of around £383 per trip. ...And we've an excellent programme of events already in the planning stage for 2023 which will see hundreds of thousands of people come and enjoy what Cleethorpes has to offer." 
North East Lincolnshire CouncilThe palm tree \- as it was set to look \- was intended to bring tourists to the area '/ ' 
SWNSThere are paving stone signs pointing to a palm tree that doesn't exist '/ ' 
SWNSThe palm tree promised to residents doesn't exist '/ '
SWNSToni Buckleweavers said the council's ...money was wasted' '/ ' SWNSResidents blasted the council for wasting £3.8million on the beautification scheme '/ ' SWNSTony Bryson, 71, said he was ...disgusted' at the idea of the palm tree '/ ' But the palm tree \- part of a £600k revamp of the resort's North Promenade \- never materialised. The council claimed Covid and escalating costs forced them to scrap it. A total of £38k of their £3.8m budget was spent on the non-existent palm tree. Work on the North Promenade formed part of a £3.8m Coastal Communities Fund project \- which promised to refresh many areas of the town. But locals have blasted the project, claiming their area looks no different to before. Read more UK news WAY OUT Putin 'offered surrender deal' as Ukraine retakes Kherson and troops drown in river Toni Buckleweavers, 34, who owns a local business, has said that she feels like the ...money was wasted... \- and that the tourism in the seaside town was ...overlooked.... She said: ...All of the money was wasted and the tourism side of it was just overlooked so someone needs to be held accountable. ...This is a deprived area with no investments and that attraction has no ties to the area. ...It should have been about the RAF, or the RNLI or fishing instead \- I just don't get what it has to do with anything. Most read in The US Sun DON THE AISLE Inside Tiffany Trump's lavish wedding as she stuns with Ivanka at Mar-a-Lago BARKING MAD Kourtney & Travis bashed for teen Alabama's 'inappropriate' birthday dress 'IT'S HER DAY, NOT HER DAD'S' Tiffany Trump wedding guest reveals details of big day 'IS SHE OK?' Kim Kardashian sparks concern after fans spot 'disturbing' detail on her face GLAM EVENT Donald walks daughter down the aisle as she marries Michael Boulos MISS-ED THE MARK I am a teacher - trolls say my dresses are inappropriate but I don't care ...There is just a lot of potential for the area, it's so naturally beautiful.... Meanwhile, Dave Hill, 58, said he also thinks the council's scheme is a ...waste of money.... He said: ...The council don't do anything to help and they've just messed themselves around for this palm tree which is so silly. ...Nothing ever gets done around here.... Angry resident Tony Bryson, 71, has said he was ...disgusted... at the idea of the palm tree. He said: ...I am disgusted, there has just been no thought that has gone into it. "It's a palm tree \- it's no Angel of the North and there is just no point in it. "It is just a waste of time and instead of that they should be making more attractions for children." North East Lincolnshire Council leader Philip Jackson: ...In the last few years, we've spent more than £7m of grant funding in the resort on a number of projects which are helping to improve the look and feel of the resort. "More than 2,700 local people and businesses got involved in the Masterplan work over the last winter, which looks at how the resort should develop over the next 10 years. "In the current financial climate, the council is doing everything it can to secure funding to bring forward projects to improve the area. ...We've had a £18.4m Levelling Up Fund bid into Government for the resort, which if it's approved, will see the first few projects from that masterplan delivered on the ground. "Like many other seaside resorts, the impact of the pandemic hit local businesses hard. ...We supported our local businesses through the pandemic, making sure that we did everything we could to get the money due to them from Government quickly so that they could weather the storm. And we've many schemes running throughout the year that support small businesses from start up to growth. Read More on The Sun MADE UP I'm a beauty fan - here's my honest thoughts on high end makeup dupes in Aldi UN-PRETTY I'm pretty & it's NOT good - girls exclude me, they're jealous of my appearance "Through our tourism team, we do everything we can to attract people to the resort, with the most recent figures showing that visitors spend an average of around £383 per trip. ...And we've an excellent programme of events already in the planning stage for 2023 which will see hundreds of thousands of people come and enjoy what Cleethorpes has to offer." North East Lincolnshire CouncilThe palm tree \- as it was set to look \- was intended to bring tourists to the area '/ ' SWNSThere are paving stone signs pointing to a palm tree that doesn't exist '/ ' SWNSThe palm tree promised to residents doesn't exist '/ '
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