Andy Burnham has come under fire for the amount of green space in Manchester city centre on social media. One Twitter user has criticised the amount of greenery in town as ‘not viable’.
Todd Cooper, tweeting as @todd_j_cooper, took to the platform to ask the Mayor of Greater Manchester how he planned to introduce more greenery and water facilities to the city centre. His question was sent on the hottest day in the history of the UK, when the mercury hit 37°C in Manchester at 2pm on Tuesday (July 19).
He said: “Anyone walking through Manchester today can see that the current status quo isn’t viable. We need trees, lots of them. We need water fountains. We need shady parks. We need to greenscape this city. What are you going to do Andy Burnham and more importantly how can we help?"
