Following my post in Febuary about the campaign by Lib Dems and active members of the public to get the Council to take action to reduce the problem of wheelie bins left on pavements, I am pleased to report that a concerted effort by officers is having some success.
My constituent and local campaigner Graham Bennett emailed me today to tell me that he has witnessed a 'vast improvement' in Addington Road in the number of bins blocking the pavement since officers started implementing a more rigorous enforcement approach. This is great news: Graham has been pressing the Council on this issue for months.
Officers have taken the approach of writing to residents advising them of the consequences if they continued to leave their bins out on the pavement and following up with individual residents where necessary. The Waste Operations team has also been assisting this process by returning bins to people's houses after they have been collected.
We would like to thank the officers involved for the hard work they have dedicated to dealing with this longstanding problem. It's good to hear they are on the case of those residents who continue to ignore pleas to keep pavements clear. This issue really has been a source of frustration for residents in the ward, particularly the elderly and those with mobility problems.
We will be monitoring progress across the ward towards keeping streets clear. The problem will not be solved overnight and we are aware that there continue to be issues on Cardigan Gardens and many other parts of Redlands.
Please let us know of any streets near you where this is a problem and will happily raise the issue with officers.
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