The money will go on improving the site – situated one mile outside of Welshpool, near to the Severn Farm Industrial Estate – and providing new services for residents.
Safe footpaths, street lighting, fire prevention systems and recreational facilities for children are just some of the services which will be improved as part of the funding.
Sounds reasonable to me. British citizens getting stuff they need.
Director Kate Bennett said: “Parents in gipsy and traveller communities are 20 times more likely to experience the death of a child than the general population.
“We all want our children to be healthy and educated.”
Sounds like there's a real need for such investment, then.
a house cost c£60k, ok so access roads water etc would need to be supplied, but i assume the land has been provided so no cost, still along way short of £1million. So yes does seem a huge waste. If we are meant to be saving money, why give excessive sums to non productive elements of society.
Maybe to help them become more productive elements of society? Just a thought.
As for the money; it will cost loads to employ contractors to do the work, so I'd imagine that would count for a large chunk of the money. Of course, because the contract firms are private, they'll be charging a fair whack, most likely. And it's providing jobs.
