Council defends spending £174k on six trees
Planting six trees in Blackpool town centre and building an underground system to keep them alive has cost £174,000, the council has revealed.
Blackpool Council said it had spent a government grant and the resort "deserved a wonderful street scene".The response to the FOI request said it cost £4,400 to plant the six trees in Edward Street with the rest of the money used to create a system underground to ensure they survive. Mr Walsh asked a meeting of the full council: "With the cost of living crisis, I ask is that value for money for the Labour group?"She said it came from government grants, which would go to other towns if Blackpool did not apply for them.
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