Bereaved families face graves charges
Families will be charged for wooden edgings placed around graves at a cemetery where there had been complaints of plots being walked on, plans revealed today.
The proposal is to allay concerns that lawnmowers and workmen are trampling over plots at Streetly Cemetery. Ground staff have already stopped using ride-on lawnmowers following a petition of more than 2,500 names. Some relatives had resorted to placing plants or edging around plots, but council bosses said it caused maintenance difficulties.
Now, new plans have been unveiled to bring in wooden edgings to protect the graves at a cost of £75 to relatives.
But campaigners claim the proposals for the Little Hardwick Road site would only be a "short term" solution. The proposals are be discussed at a meeting of the full Walsall Council on Monday.
