There appears to be an increasing problem with flytipping around our area. Following on from residents complaints, I have been working with the council to clear up the mess, particularly in the Pity Me area. Other areas with  problems include Brasside and Bearpark.

If you spot any flytipping please contact me straight away so we can keep on top of it. It will be interesting to see if the trend continues in our area as other evidence indicates that across the old DurhamCity and Easington Districts flytipping is on the rise, as many of us said would be the case following the imposition of the charge on households for collection of bulky waste.

What makes it so infuriating in Pity Me is that the Household waste site is only round the corner.

Well done to the council workforce for doing a great job of dealing with these problems. 

ONGOING LITTER PROBLEMS

I am also workng with the council to deal with areas of extensive littering in the area at the moment on top of the regular work they do. In addition New College is doing work on recycling and litter and I have raised problems again with the board of governors at Framwellgate School Durham about on going problems in the area at lunchtimes which appears to be getting worse again.

As well as this new larger bins are on order for Front St in Framwellgate Moor, where work with the college has been so successful that the bins are overflowing somedays. A couple of damaged bins which were removed last year are also to be replaced.

Finally I am continuing to request regular clear ups of many of the country lanes in our area particularly between Pity Me and Witton Gilbert, as well as action on working with the takeaways in the area, and requests to the refuse site to keep the surrounding area tidy as per their contract.