Rochdale town centre 'make over'

The street furniture in Rochdale town centre is getting a 'make over' - benches, litter bins and bollards are being spruced up.

Currently town centre street furniture is a variety of colours but the new scheme will see all town centre street furniture painted black and gold.

The bad weather has hampered the work but it is understood that the Council street services team will complete the job by the end of February.

Councillor Greg Couzens, Rochdale Town Centre Management Chairman and a town centre business owner, said: "It's vital that the town centre is a welcoming place for shoppers and a pleasant environment for businesses to operate in, at the moment we have an array of colours and I believe that our town centre will be greatly improved by coordinating a more classical look of black and gold."