| Topic: | Re:Re:Re: Broken Windows Theory - Fly-tipping Attracts Fly-tipping | Forum Home |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 23/11/17 15:19:00 |
| Yes, but they don't any more. They disbanded them without telling them as far as I understand and put in place an app which I can't use on the smartphone that I don't have. They don't want you to use www.fixmystreet.com in LBE - so I haven't bothered to report much at all. I've reported in the past through FMS which I have found easy to use and which you can use whatever borough you are in and it will report to the correct authority including knowing the difference between which roads are TfL and which Borough responsibility. (You can find the street you want by the layout of streets on the map and drop a pin on it without having to remember the street name and house no/shop name and searching for it. When I walk through the door at home I have plenty of other things calling for my attention!) and you can see what you have reported on the website and when. I reported something on the LBE website the other day but it was difficult to do and I don't think it was successful - so I'll have to endure that again - if I can be bothered. That is why the situation gets worse. When the Streetwatchers flagged up one fly-tipped bag as flytipping and illegal it was a disincentive to others to add to it! What they have now created/are now creating - if they don't investigate and engage is an incentive -which all Council Tax payers end up paying and which the council should care about. HH have plenty of other things to do as part of their contract - mostly leaves at the moment if you look at their website! I can't imagine that they would have been told to expect an increase after such a wonderful new contract was put in place. The Council Officers need to get out more and see what is going on instead of just expecting HH to take all the flack. As I understand it the Councillors are there to intervene on your behalf when you get nowhere with the Council Officers. All contracts need supervising - self-supervising just isn't EVER good enough. So whoever thought there was an easy way out - THINK AGAIN! |