Update on waste collections
Street Scene have put out the following information about delayed waste and recycling collections:
"Veolia are currently struggling because of the weather conditions to clear waste and recyclate. In some areas the roads are so icy as to be dangerous to take their vehicles on. The list of missed collections as of last night are shown below;
CHARLBURY – Recycling – Sheep Street, Fishers Lane, Pooles Lane, Hannover Close, Tanners Court, Hone Close, Hixet Wood, Dancers Hill, Lees Heights, Little Lees, Hill Close, Hundley Way, Cornbury Park.
CHARLBURY – Refuse - Bell Hotel, Church Lane, Collinson Row, Lee Close, Hughes Close, Cornbury Park.
Other Areas Refuse: Horsehoe Bruern, Bruern Road, Foxholes, Churchill Rd Chadlington,
Taston, Ditchley Park & Farm, New Barn Farm Charlbury Road, Whitehills Tackley.
We are currently in close contact with Veolia but I should make you aware that there is strong likelyhoofd that up to 40% of todays work may not be completed.
Unfortunately those households missed today will not get a collection until 2 January. Whilst there is some doubt about yesterdays collections Veolia are hopeful they will get them before end of business tomorrow and we are asking residents to leave their bins out just in case, however we can't guarantee this.
We have prepared a press statement to go out to the local papers and the press. We have also made the TCS aware.
I am advised that Vale and South have suspended their collections already but Veolia are continuing to work where they can.
For information Veolia have already had a vehicle slide off the road and into a ditch, fortunately there were no unjuries.
Our own services are affected as well in that we are struggling to collect the commercial recycling but are letting customers know.
This couldn't happen at a worse time given that Christmas Eve is upon us but Veolia are putting a plan together to ensure all the waste is collected as soon as is possible. This will of course include the waste they miss today."
Jon Carpenter · Wed 23 Dec 2009, 17:18 · Link