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Residents say the bins are an eyesore |
These new bins are
just plain rubbish
OUTSIZE rubbish bins installed in a Highgate conservation
area are causing a stink with residents.
The plastic green bins, designed for commercial waste, were
placed in the Holly Lodge conservation area – a collection
of private homes and council flats in Highgate dating back to
Victorian times – just before Christmas.
According to the Town Hall, the new bins were needed to replace
the old system of storing rubbish in bin liners hung up in old-fashioned
refuse rooms which staff said were attracting rats.
But furious residents say the green bins are an eyesore –
and too heavy for domestic use.
John Gatenby, chairman of the Holly Lodge Conservation Area
Advisory Committee (HCCAAC) said: “The old bins were discreetly
hidden and the system worked perfectly well for decades. They
may have been a bit decrepit but that could have been rectified.
“Instead they have come up with this solution which is
undermining the conservation area and causing considerable inconvenience
to residents.
Environment supremo Labour councillor John Thane, who visited
the estate last Tuesday with fellow ward councillor Maggie Cosin
to discuss the situation, told residents the new bins were a
“temporary solution”.
He added: “I would have assumed that consultation had taken
place. What’s clear is that there needs to be a meeting
with residents to come up with a solution. I can see that it’s
not ideal but I don’t think the old system was working
as well as it should have been .”
A Town Hall press official said: “The bins are the same
one we use on other estates across the borough. Since the bins
were installed we’ve since met the Holly Lodge Estates
Committee to look at their concerns and explain we are planning
to build enclosures to keep the bins out of sight. |
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