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Litter/waste M621 Leeds
Reported via desktop in the Flytipping (NH) category anonymously at 11:34, Mon 31 January 2022
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3278873.
I have noticed significant amounts of litter/waste on the hard shoulder and land adjacent to the M621 particularly on the Leeds bound side.
Please could you attend.
Thank you
Updates
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Thank you for contacting National highways on the 31 January with regards to litter along the M621.
We understand your concerns regarding this issue. Managing litter/debris and its removal is a constant battle on the motorway and trunk road network. As an organisation we collect more than 7,500 tonnes of litter from our roads each year.
In general, I can advise as part of our strategy we deliver national and local campaigns to discourage littering, place signs at hot spots advising when the area was last cleaned and how much litter we have collected. We also work with local authorities to coordinate litter picking activity and work with motorway services to discourage littering. Please see the attached link to our strategy https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/ government/ uploads/ system/ uploads/ attachment_data/ file/ 937593/ MCR19_0231_-_Highways_England_Litter_Strategy_Update_2020_rev_11-20.pdf .
As a standard we carry out cyclic maintenance on the whole of the network twice a year this covers all aspects of general maintenance including litter picking, drainage and lighting inspections and sweeping etc. Litter on the M621 from M62 J27 is currently in our Service Plan to be undertaken 3 times per year, however the frequency going forward is being increased to 6 times per year.
Having checked the schedule the next time this location is due to be attended to is March 2022. We do also carry out daily patrols on the network and if any locations are found to be a particular issue then these will be entered onto the defect system and addressed separately.
Posted by National Highways at 13:40, Tue 1 February 2022
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