Rampart River dumping

The section of the Rampart River which runs alongside the Redemptorist Church and the tennis club has become a blackspot for illegal dumping, Cllr Mark Dearey stated.

Senior engineer Mark Johnson agreed that it was a problem area, saying that while it is cleaned regularly, cans and bottles are dumped in it at night. He said that the installation of a CCTV camera was an option and they were looking at a pilot scheme. He also accepted that lighting was a problem but said that there is a moratorium on public street lighting and until that is lifted there was little they could do.