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General rubbish including used toilet paper and wetwipes
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8447802.
An amount of rubbish left next to a2 footpath/ cycle path which contains used human waste paper and wipes
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Thank you for contacting National Highways about litter.
We regard litter as a significant issue, and we share your concerns about the amount of rubbish discarded on our roads. Cyclical maintenance is our yearly cycle of works. We aim to clear every location of litter at least once per year. These activities are planned and inspected in accordance with: • The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of practice for litter and refuse • GM701 Highways Asset delivery & maintenance requirements • GS801 Highway Asset delivery & asset inspection requirements
We manage an extensive road network across the south of England and when specific litter hotspots are identified as a recurring problem, we’ll initiate additional work outside our cyclic maintenance to instruct our maintenance partners to prioritise clearing those sections of our network if it exceeds the levels outlined by the Defra Code of Practice system (Grades A to D).
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 where possible. 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.
Our team visited the site on 27 November 2025 and identified litter, debris and unused traffic management equipment that requires collection at the Pepperhill westbound entry slip that runs alongside the footway. No human waste, paper or wipes was identified. The litter identified has been raised with our maintenance partners to clear. This is expected to be completed within the next 30-40 days approximately.
Kind regards
National Highways
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