Basildon Council wastes £150,000 measuring height of their grass
Town hall chiefs spent £150,000 on
accurately measuring the height of grass, shrubs and hedges in all of
their green spaces, it was revealed today.
Basildon Council in Essex said it needs the nine-month exercise ahead of a re-tendering next year - with English Landscapes, which has cut the grass since 2010, coming to the end of its contract.
Land surveying firm Atlantic Geomatics, based in Penrith, Cumbria, has now been hired to measure the borough’s greenery so the council can specify the height at which it must be mowed.
Nigel Smith, leader of Basildon’s
opposition Labour group, which opposed the council privatising the
service in 2010, said the expenditure ‘does sound like a bit of a
shambles’.
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