A1 embankment post grass cut

Hi,

I reported this issue in Jan, in Feb and now July and each time I've been given a long list of excuses and then told it was being done in May. Alas it is July soon and still ZERO action.

In Jan I was given the following excuse;

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.

Firstly - litter picking here does not impact on the traffic - basically because you can grass cut with no lane closures, so why can't you litter pick?

Secondly - why don't you do it at the same time? Durham CC have twigged with this now and dual carriageways are picked at the same time - one hit, one cost, all sorted. Highways - zero ability to coordinate.

Thirdly - nothing to do with cost because if it was, you would do it at the same time to minimise cost to the tax payer.

Fourthly - your SLA is not to aim to keep it clear, it states in clear words that you signed you will keep the highway predominantly free of litter.

Months later - zero action.

What date, in truth is this being done? You told me May - now it is July. Surely this isn't hard!!!

Please contact. Thanks