Sentence examples for council maintenance from inspiring English sources

Two weeks ago, reports emerged that the Utopia Homelands, a Northern Territory Indigenous community put in the spotlight by John Pilger's recent film, was suffering acute water shortages after a bore at Amengernternenh collapsed during council maintenance works.

The advice won't prove popular with pristine gardeners, or council maintenance contractors paid per lawn mowed, but it would increase urgently needed forage and habitat in our towns and cities, as will creating wildflower meadows on public land.

In total, Connaught had council house maintenance agreements with 103 local authorities, representing a total of about 150 contracts.

Morgan Sindall today admitted it would not make as much as expected from a deal involving assets of the collapsed council house maintenance division of Connaught.

Hundreds of staff at the collapsed council house maintenance division of Connaught who thought their positions were safe are still in danger of losing their jobs, the Guardian has learned.

He believes the idea that the estate was "blighted" by crime and drugs was part invention – the product of an excitable media and of film-makers who liked to use the Heygate as a set for gritty realist dramas – and part self-fulfilling prophecy, as the council neglected maintenance and replaced long-term tenants with short-term licensees, who tended to be more disruptive.

Carmarthenshire council grounds maintenance manager Paul Murray said: "Some people have been risking their safety by attempting to walk or skate on the frozen ponds.

The council said maintenance of its recreation grounds, parks and open spaces and football pitches was carried out by Sodexo under a 10-year contract costing £824,000 per year.

Its Big Pathwatch project aims to document the state of the 140,000 miles of paths in England and Wales – some of which have fallen into disrepair since councils cut maintenance budgets – using a smartphone app to report problems.

Connaught's decline proved to be the more dramatic of the two and is the subject of an investigation by the Financial Services Authority, the City watchdog, into whether the council-house maintenance firm fully disclosed its dire financial condition to investors before a surprise profits warning in June.

The introduction of free school meals for Key Stage 1 pupils faced criticism over the way it was funded, with some councils raiding maintenance budgets to meet the obligation.