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Street litter is not just a city centre problem
September 22, 2008 9:41 AM
Lib Dem Councillors in Bath have gate-crashed a Council photo opportunity this morning saying that the Conservative-run administration of the Council is too focused on central Bath, to the detriment of the rest of the city.
Lib Dem Cllrs with waste gathered from their own ward
"Bath is not just the city centre," commented Councillor Will Sandry (Oldfield).
"The Conservatives have forgotten about the rest of Bath while residents in my ward, and other wards outside the centre, have to put up with excessive litter on our streets.
"Over 95% of Bath residents don't live in the city centre and the majority don't go to the centre often, the areas in which most of us live and work are being neglected. Many of my residents tell me the litter problem has certainly got worse over the past 12 months."
Councillor Roger Symonds (Combe Down) added, "The suburban areas of Bath are being neglected by this Tory administration. It took Councillor Cherry Beath and I only a few minutes to fill a bag of rubbish each in Combe Down. We want an equivalent level of service as the city centre."
Councillor Ian Gilchrist (Widcombe) said, "It is disgraceful that the Council is congratulating itself in this way when there is clearly so much yet to do to improve the basic services which residents expect (and pay for). Perhaps they should start by reducing the number of people in the PR office, and put them to work collecting the bins and picking up rubbish?"
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