“If someone else falls in, you may not be so lucky”
The residents of a part of Merseyside are increasingly concerned about a local beauty point after a series of worrying incidents, including someone who gets stuck in the mud and a flood of dead animals that disassemble themselves from a lake.
The echo recently reported on the residents' concerns about a historical place of beauty that they say. In addition to the deteriorating green rooms, the residents say that the exhaustion of the water level on a local lake leads to devastation for the local wildlife.
David Lehbarrow lives on the poppy Fields Estate in Maghull and serves the community as a city council. David said that the problem with Moss Side Lake and the exhaustive water table was not completed since Persimon Homes completed the work on the housing estate. He confirmed that he was in constant contact with Persimmon and Residential Management Group (RMG), which are responsible for maintaining and maintaining the estate.
The lake between the School Lane and the Lane Park in Maghull is part of the former Moss Side Hospital location, where the soldiers of the First World War were treated for “shell shock”.
Over the years, the lake has attracted wild animals such as bats, ducks, geese and herons. The water was once well equipped with a lot of carp that swim in them; However, the lake dries out and leads to numerous reports on dead animals.
Cllr Leatherbarrow said: “Only recently did the residents report that children affected a decomposing Heron Kadaver, who was left in the middle of the lake for about six weeks and dies daily.”
A RMG spokesman said: “We understand that the recent concerns about the water levels are addressed. A drainage engineer was appointed to investigate.
“We asked that the next health and security inspection of the pond area should take place later this year, and we will keep the residents up to date when it is confirmed.”
Last Thursday, August 7th, Merseysy's Fire and Rescue Service (MFRS) were called to Moss Side Lake to pull a person out of the mud after they were stuck. MFRS said [was used] As a platform to release the individual out of the mud and bring it to the care of the North West Ambulance service.
CLLR Leatherbarrow organized a resident meeting on July 24, in which representatives of Persimmon and RMG took part in to discuss the persistent concerns regarding the Moss Side Lake and the emerging safety effects on the exhausted water and the exposed mud and mud.
Cllr Leatherbarrow added: “There are literally children with their young siblings who fished the lake. If someone else falls in, they may not be as lucky as the last person who was luckily intact.”
After the subsequent examination by the Echo, the responsibility of the fencing installation of RMG, which announced the echo, has been taken over: “We are aware of the incident at the pond in the managed areas of the location.
“The pond is in a fenced and closed area to limit public access. A contractor has present last week to save the gate, add additional locks and install new warning signs.
“The Site Lifebuoy has also been re -positioned. Harris fencing is to be installed around the pond as an additional security measure until the end of today.”
This fence has now been installed, but this development has led to another area of dispute, namely that is responsible for paying the costs for the fences.
Cllr Leatherbarrow commented on what had happened during the meeting of the residents of the last month, and said: “RMG said Persimmon would pay for the fences and the Persimon representative said he would try to call a favor to sort the fences, but RMG would mix the process. Then we were taken with the invoice.
“The residents are understandably angry.”
In response to the costs of the fence area and its resources, a spokesman for RMG said: “The expenses for the necessary work are fulfilled from our existing budget for the service fee, which is assigned for the ongoing maintenance of our real estate.
“We would like to assure the residents that this will not affect the budget for the service fee for the next financial year. We have contact with the residents' association to keep them up to date with this process.”
However, this seems to be a less than satisfactory result for the residents of residents. CLLR Leatherbarrow added: “RMG said that our service fee should not increase next year due to the oppression relationship.
“Now they say that £ 10,000 are being used to cover the costs for the new fence. We essentially pay for it because we would have received a discount for 10,000 next year.
“In addition, this is only to cover the fencing installation for the next eight weeks. If things go on, it could possibly be another 10,000 pounds. We will assume that it does not cost us anything.”
Council member Leatherbarrow confirmed that he would apply for a debate on Moss Side Lake tonight as an application to the Maghull City Council.
He also started a petition that deals with these problems that can be found HERE.