More than 8,000 Walsall residents have responded to calls from the council to have their say on the most important priorities for the borough over the coming years.
Feedback was requested for the Walsall 2040 plan, which seeks to provide a strategic framework for Walsall Council and its partners to prioritise resources and to develop shared ambitions for a Walsall that works for everyone.
According to responses, residents are most keen for Walsall to:
- Be a safe place to live
- Have clean streets
- Offer good jobs
- Be a place they can be proud of
Councillor Garry Perry, Deputy Leader of Walsall Council, said: “We have big ambitions for Walsall’s future. Tens of millions of pounds have been secured to transform this borough over the next 15 to 20 years. Together with our partners and those who live, work and care about Walsall we want to shape a better future for the borough. The massive response that we have received to the engagement programme shows us that communities from across Walsall want to have their say, and we will listen to what they have told us.”
The Walsall 2040 plan will take into account the responses by the public and will be revealed in full in early 2023.