DERELICT wasteland is to be transformed into green space, it was announced yesterday.
The site at Monkton, Jarrow, South Tyneside, is one of three in the country to be transferred to the Land Restoration Trust, launched by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
The trust, a partnership between English Partnerships, Groundwork, the Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency, aims to restore and maintain up to 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of brownfield land over the next ten years for the benefit of communities.
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