Resident-led garage programme complete

The successful replacement of over one thousand new garages across North East Lincolnshire marks the completion of Shoreline’s multi-million pound resident-led garage investment programme.

Shoreline demolished garages across its neighbourhoods as a health and safety precaution, providing a programme of reprovision where residents expressed a preference for a replacement.

The area’s biggest housing provider consulted with nearly 1400 residents including garage tenants and those residents who live directly next to garage compounds to gauge views on the scheme.

Other improvements included the installation of new security lighting, gating and fencing to a number of garage compounds to address resident concerns about anti-social behaviour and the fear of crime.

Shoreline regeneration officer John Manton said: “This significant investment has improved the quality of the stock and the general appearance of the neighbourhoods.

“We’ve listened to residents views and new lighting, gating and fencing will further improve community safety and security in a number of garage compounds.“

Local resident Jean Trickett who uses one of the new garages alongside other residents to store their mobility scooters, said: “Our scooters are more secure now we can store them in the new garages.

“The garages seem to be bigger than the old ones and they look much better.”