After a resident raised the alert, I’ve let the Council know that about 25 grids look to have been stolen along St Ann’s Road North from the High Grove pub down into Heald Green.

The Council will put traffic cones in to block the hole and let people know the grids are missing. New plastic grids (costing us £200 a piece) are being used to replace the metal ones – they do the job just as well but have no scrap value.

Unfortunately, all the money spent on those replacement grids (presumably about £5,000 just for these ones) is money being taken away from fixing potholes and pavements, so we’re all paying for the thieves.

The police are working to catch the criminals, but whilst the scrap value makes grids a good proposition it looks like the thefts will continue.

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