FORGE Mill pond in Riverside could be cleaned up later this year when it is de-silted.

Dead trees in the picturesque pond were recently removed by Redditch Council.

Council officers told residents at an Abbeydale and Riverside Neighbourhood Group Meeting on Thursday plans were now afoot to clean the rest of the pond by de-silting it.

To tanker the silt away would be expensive, so one option would be to lay it on ground nearby and cover it with soil.

The project should be included in the council's capital programme after October.