Footpaths Update April 2014
The overall condition of our footpaths has been improved somewhat over the last year due to selective cutting of surface vegetation on some paths and particularly around some of the stiles and gateways which tend to get overgrown in the summer. This has been possible because the Parish Council have entered into a Local Maintenance Partnership with Cornwall Council whereby the Parish Council contract out the work in return for a payment from Cornwall Council. This means that the Council Tax payers of Whitstone are now getting back something for the Council Tax they pay for this purpose, which hasn’t happened for a number of years. I can only assume that, over the past years, the portion of Council Tax we have been paying for this purpose has been spent in other parishes! We intend to continue with this arrangement and do as much maintenance as the budget will allow.
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