Bin lorries damage verges
I was interested to read the report in the KM about a Biffa refuse freighter damaging a parked car. I appreciate the work the refuse collectors do - and particularly during the pandemic with the risks involved.
However, there is another issue which I consider of concern regarding these vehicles.
It is the damage they cause to grass verges, particularly around Allington.
The upper end of Grace Avenue in particular has had the grass churned up on a regular basis. I have seen the refuse trucks lumbering over the verge as if it were not there, and ironically, sometimes bearing graphics telling drivers that it is illegal to drive over the kerb.
I appreciate that it may be difficult to manoeuvre these trucks down some of the town’s roads but it seems to have been getting worse in recent times. Maybe they are using the wrong types of vehicle or the wrong route. I am not suggesting that all the damage is down to the freighter drivers, as I am sure it is not, but some verges are looking like the Somme.
Alan Watling
I’ve always hated litter and have never understood people’s willingness to dump their trash, whether it’s a crisp packet or a truck load of fly-tipping. But what has surprised me recently is the amount of rubbish accumulating at our roadsides. You would have thought a whole year where we haven’t really been able to go very far, people would take more care about the view closer to home.
Apparently not. Just a short drive to the shops and you’ll see anything from discarded drinks bottles and takeaway coffee cups to piles of DIY materials presumably the end result of a lockdown project.
No doubt much of this has been left by those travelling further afield than they perhaps should, but haven’t we learned to love our world just a little bit more?
Sue Smith