{"id":26394,"date":"2023-09-22T10:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T10:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26394"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T10:39:12","slug":"crime-ridden-tiktok-wasteland-estates-rubbish-piles-and-burnt-out-homes-tackled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/world-news\/crime-ridden-tiktok-wasteland-estates-rubbish-piles-and-burnt-out-homes-tackled\/","title":{"rendered":"Crime-ridden TikTok wasteland estates rubbish piles and burnt-out homes tackled"},"content":{"rendered":"

A road in a housing estate that went viral for its shocking derelict state of disrepair is finally getting a facelift.<\/p>\n

Primrose Court in Knowsley made headlines last year after a TikTok video highlighted its potholes, rubbish piles, and boarded-up homes.<\/p>\n

Footage showed the remains of arson and fires on the estate, rubbish piled high and fly-tipping. There had also been increased reports of anti-social behaviour and gangs on the estate.<\/p>\n

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According to the ECHO, issues first began 15 years earlier when the estate was first built by two of the developers who went bust before work could be completed. <\/p>\n

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Work halted immediately, leaving key parts of the street uncompleted, including kerbs and street lights. The street was also left unadopted \u2013 meaning the responsibility fell to those who lived there, not the council.<\/p>\n

But last year, Knowsley council said it had secured \u00a3367,000 from the government's Safer Communities Fund to carry out essential works on the road to get it up to a standard which meant it could be adopted by the local authority, with work commencing to tackle some of the problems on the estate.<\/p>\n

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