Council officers monitor new bins
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by Graham
Tutthill
gutthill@thekmgroup.co.uk
Council officers are preparing to take action against
householders who allow their wheelie bins to block the pavement
outside their homes.
It’s likely to be the next issue to upset residents who didn’t
want the bins in the first place, and who say the appearance of
streets has been made worse by the new arrivals.
Residents have complained that mums with pushchairs have had to
walk in the road in order to get around bins that are taking up
space on the pavements.
When the bins were issued, householders were told that they had
to store them within the boundary of their property and not leave
them on the pavement.
But some say that detracts from the appearance of their homes,
with long lines of bins in some streets.
Now, two Dover councillors have taken the issue up with district
council officials.
Cllr John Goodwin, who has received complaints about
bins in Albert Road, said council officers told him they would be
investigating the area to see if residents had hard standings where
they could store the bins, rather than on the pavement.
“They will be knocking on people’s doors,” he said.
There is also concern about bins overflowing with rubbish in the
Folkestone Road, area.
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Tuesday, February 21 2012
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