You’ve got to wonder what is in the minds of people who treat our borough like this, dumping hundreds of bags of rubbish across roads, fields and open spaces.
It is self evident that there is organised crime involved in some elements of this with “growing house” evidence being dumped, alongside the routine & unacceptable level of household & industrial clear outs which include anything from car parts to furniture.
This horrendous dumping has been reported along Crime Lane and continuing on to Stannybook Road.
The council works hard to keep on top of things at a time when resources are really stretched but ultimately tough action is needed. It’s not right or fair on decent people who work hard to pay taxes to clear up the mess of others. But it’s also clear that there are repeated hotspots where there is a case for cameras, even temporary ones, to catch the culprits in the act.
Littering at Coal Pit Lane has also been reported, which is again an all too regular problem as passing drivers and their passengers treat the road as an open litter bin with many not living nearby but passing instead using as a cut through.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 