COMPLAINTS that borough services “collapsed” during the snow were put to Stockton Heath Parish Council – but there was praise for the postal service.
Resident Patrick Mullee told the council that two people were seriously injured in the village because of snow and ice.
“There have been no bin collections since before Christmas and not enough salting of the pavements,” he said.
Twelve cars had been stuck overnight at Fox Covert cemetery.
Coun Helen Dutton said people had been asked to take their bin sacks to collection points, but asked whether those who could not do that would have extra rubbish taken when the bin collection service resumed.
Chairman Coun Peter Walker said the wheelie bins could not be collected, but he understood the bin men were working on gritting. Extra rubbish would be taken when the service resumed.
Coun Stephen Taylor said he did not think the collection points had been publicised enough. The council said the information was on the website – but not everyone had access to the Internet.
Coun Celia Jordan said the snow had arrived early and was “unusually severe” and that the Warrington area had been particularly badly hit.
“There is a health and safety issue as the bin men have to pull the bins over the snow and ice,” she said.
But Coun Tudor Pole praised the postal service.
“The postmen have trundled through and delivered the mail. It is a difficult job for them to trudge up and down people’s drives,” he said.
COMPLAINTS that borough services "collapsed" during the snow were put
to Stockton Heath Parish Council - but there was praise for the postal
service.
Borough services collapsed
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Councillor Jordan says the snow arrived early!! I wonder which month of the year the council had pencilled in this event to take place??
I thought it was winter when it normally snowed.
The WBC/Councillors find it easy to give excuses, but it is results we need, however safety comes first for any employee of any organisation.
If the health and safety of the bin men came first – taking this the the next step, surely then it was too dangerous for ANY person or car to be out on the roads or pavements affected by snow and ice??? Perhaps Warirngton Borough Council should just have asked everyone to remain in their houses until it was deemed safe for people to walk or drive – yes, I am being facetious but my neighbour had sofas deliverd from DFS on Wednesday last week and they managed to get up our road and carry furniture into a house. There is simply no excuse for most of the council’s infrastructure to fail in such a spectacular manner just because of a couple inches of snow.
Not surprised…
Maybe WBC take ‘duty of care’ to their employees more seriously than other companies who put profits first before people? The job of the refuse workers is difficult enough without trying to move and carry bins/sacks on unsafe or slippery surfaces.