Tip Needs Skips
A CCTV camera that was fitted to a lampost in Queens Park, Bedford to catch fly-tippers has been removed and now the litter louts are back.
The camera had been placed on Old Ford End Road beside a notorious fly-tipping hotspot, but was taken away in order to tackle crime elsewhere in the borough.
One local resident commented, “While the camera was there it was quite effective, but apparently it was needed at Priory Marina because of vehicle crime, and since it was removed the fly-tipping has got completely out of hand.
“It’s a daily problem, which the council deals with by sending someone out to clear the rubbish up. But now people know their rubbish will be taken away if they leave it there, while some even think it’s an approved dump.
“Actually it’s an atrocious mess. People are turning up and leaving their garden waste, flower pots, planks of wood, general rubbish – they just dump it all over the pavement.”
Borough Councillor, Muhammad Khan, whose well aware of the problem, responded by saying, “Some people are demanding skips to be emptied on a regular basis as a solution. But who is going to provide them and bear the expense? Ultimately it will come back on the taxpayer.”
A Borough Council spokesman added, “We take fly-tipping very seriously. (but) This camera has been relocated following a request by the police. We are continuing our efforts to catch and prosecute persistent offenders.
“We encourage anybody discovering an incidence of fly-tipping to report it to the council’s environmental hotline (0800 121 8888), so that it can be investigated and removed.”
The dumping continues.
October 13, 2006 at 11:31 am | The Skip Magazine News Stories | No comment
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