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Litter not picked on central reservation - but grass cut!
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5943811.
I never understand who does planning in Highways? I have had several conversations why you don't pick litter to your service agreement anymore and it is all around inconveniencing the drivers and money. Since it costs to close lanes, you like to do it to coincide with other works. So here's an example - all along this stretch of the A1, you have closed lanes to strim the grass down the central reservation. Has anyone thought about picking the litter at the same time? No - so clearly the reasons given are not valid! So now you have to close lanes again, pay twice, employ twice as many people, to strim the grass and then later pick the litter. The problem is twice as bad because you have shredded the litter into hundreds of bits - many of which are now a road hazard because they are blowing all over the highway. Can someone please call me to explain why this most simplest of joined up thinking seems to escape the Highways planning department year after year after year?
Updates
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Thank you for contacting National Highways about litter.
After investigating your enquiry, we can advise that a sight line cut was completed in April. This gives drivers the best chance of viewing the carriageway ahead. Furthermore, we've scheduled a full cut and litter pick to be carried out here in July. This will be combined works to reduce need for lengthy lane closures.
Littering by people is, unfortunately, a behaviour that has a big impact on some parts of our roads. We aim to keep our roads as tidy and free of litter as we can. Our litter picking is carefully planned to try to minimise the impact it has on road users and the safety of our people.
Litter picks often require lane closures, which are disruptive to traffic flow. To help reduce the frequency of this disruption, where we can, we usually combine our reactive litter picks with other maintenance work which can result in what appears to be a delayed response.
Kind regards National Highways
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