'Concrete wall' gets go-ahead to protect park path

A wall of concrete-filled bags will be built to shore up the banks of a lake in one of Preston's premier parks after sinkholes emerged.

- by Paul Faulkner

Part of the lake at Haslam Park

Preston City Council's cabinet agreed to fund the safety scheme in Haslam Park, Ashton.

This was after an inspection by council officers revealed that an area close to a public footpath had been destabilised by water erosion.

A report presented to the meeting at which the £21,000 project was given the green light stated that "various methods of stabilisation" had been considered by the authority's parks team.