The £1billion project means the village club will have to move for at least seven years
Proposals to move a village football club from its current base to a township park to make way for a giant water pipeline project have angered residents and Labour politicians.
North-West water supplier United Utilities and Hyndburn Council currently plan to move Huncoat United to two newly-created pitches at Great Harwood’s Memorial Playing Fields. This will require major works at the park and the felling of trees. “Not all parents drive, there is no direct bus route, and the traffic through Clayton is some of the busiest in the borough. The people of Great Harwood are up in arms about the major changes proposed to the playing fields.
“Myself and my fellow Labour Great Harwood councillors are asking that the council and United Utilities urgently reconsider their decision and look for pitches nearer Huncoat that will both protect the football club’s future and preserve Great Harwood’s beautiful Memorial Playing Fields.”
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