Residents from the Derringham ward of Hull have recently been given the
chance to choose what improvements they would like to see made in their
area.

The move was part of a pilot scheme about deciding which community projects
should be selected to continue to make the Derringham ward a place where
people want to live and work.

Derringham ward Councillors Hull, Uzzell and Woods set aside £25,000 to
spend on projects to improve the area and invited all local residents and
businesses to submit their ideas about how to spend the money.

The suggestions ranged from putting up wooden bollards to prevent people
parking on grass verges, installing more litter bins to encourage people to
clean up after their dogs, double yellow lines at junctions to ease traffic
problems and portable goal posts for community use.

Derringham ward Councillor Helena Woods said: "It's fantastic that local
people have given us their ideas about how to improve the area. This is a
good example of giving people the power to make positive changes to their
area.

"I'm pleased to announce that we have assessed and costed the suggestions
made and we are able to go ahead with all of them."

Work on the projects is now underway and it is anticipated that some will be
completed in the next few months, with the others being completed in the the
near future.