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Unbelievable amounts of litter on roadsides

Reported via mobile in the Litter (NH) category anonymously at 15:13, Fri 21 January 2022

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3257395.

Grotesque amounts of litter along all sides of the road. Absolutely awful and toxic. Embarrassing to live in the area. Please can this issue be sorted?

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  • Thank you for contacting National Highways regarding litter on the A1/A1M. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

    National Highways manage motorways and certain ‘A’ road trunk roads in England, all other roads are the responsibility local authorities. We, National Highways, are not responsible for Litter on the A1/A1M. Under the Environmental Protection Act 1991, responsibility falls to the local authority.

    Contact details for local authorities can be found by using the search facility at: www.gov.uk/find-your-local-council.

    To help, we’re working with them to ensure litter picking is better co-ordinated with other routine maintenance work on our road network. By doing so, we aim to minimise disruption to those using our roads, reduce costs and importantly, ensure safety standards for those picking the litter are met.

    Thank you again for contacting us. If you need more information about this, please feel free to contact our Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 500 or by email at info@highwaysengland.co.uk.

    Kind regards

    National Highways

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted anonymously at 16:07, Mon 24 January 2022
    Moderated by National Highways at 16:08, Mon 24 January 2022

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