Stanley park is currently being restored and there is a plan in place for the refurbishment of newsham. Walton park has had alot of money spent on it over the past few years but this has been mainly on new access gates and the sports centre. Some money has been spent on installing the new exercise equiptment, similair to the ones in otterspool.
I do think the council need to spend more money on environmental improvements though such as new trees, restoration of the lake and better maintenance etc.