Cropton Park depot debris

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for the removal of large amounts of debris and litter from the former Streetcare depot on Cropton Park.

All this detritus was certainly a fire risk and it is good to know that it has gone.  However we are as concerned as local residents by the lack of a proper inspection regime on the part of Hull Culture and Leisure, the arm’s length company set up by the Council to run parks and cultural operations. We have therefore asked that senior officers of the Council and the portfolio holder get on to HCAL and ask them to take the necessary steps to render the park safe and properly patrolled as indeed it used to be. In pursuit of a city wide approach we also tabled a motion to the July 20^th meeting of the full Council which called for the setting up of a task-and-finish panel to formulate plans to deal with vandalism on parks. The ruling group decided, for their own reasons, to refer this to the relevant scrutiny commission.  Whether this constitutes kicking it into the long grass remains to be seen.