Bricknell Avenue litter bins

John Fareham and John Abbott have further news about the litter situation on Bricknell Avenue.

We were contacted on a Saturday about over-flowing bins on Bricknell Avenue. Despite being out of town I arranged for them to be emptied on the Sunday and they were – excellent service from council staff. Imagine my concern when the same voter contacted me on the following Monday to say the bins were overflowing! More action taken. By the Wednesday, when John and I were doing our pioneering and trail-blazing forum on the move, we saw all five bins near the shops were still empty – but not the one on the corner of Ancaster. Diligent swapping of pictures with a local journalist confirmed the bin had been emptied and speedily refilled. Following a tense meeting with the corporate centre, with us pointing out the high daily number of people going to Kelvin and Wyke, and that we had already funded newer and bigger bins a solution was agreed. Even bigger bins and more frequent collection.