UNCERTAINTY continues to surround the future of Stockton Heath Recycling Centre.

The town’s three community recycling centres (CRCs) are located in Stockton Heath, on Sandy Lane, Gatewarth, on Barnard Street, and Woolston, on New Cut Lane.

The village site was saved in 2014 following a huge public outcry over plans to shut it but prior to a public consultation, which ended in July, the site had been earmarked for closure again.

And the council is not ruling out the site being closed.

A spokeswoman said: “A report regarding the provision of community recycling centres in Warrington is being taken to the council’s executive board in December.

“This will include feedback on the consultation exercise carried out earlier this year, an update on the improvement works currently in progress and to seek a recommendation, based on all of the information available, about the future provision of recycling centres across the borough.”

Earlier this year, more than 3,680 people signed a petition calling for the Stockton Heath site to be saved from closure.

The current budget for the operation of the three CRCs is £854,854, which includes disposal and management fee haulage costs.

However, the cost of operating these sites in 2017-18 was £1,149,110 – an overspend of £294,256.