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.... and it's the fault of the Council / lazy binmen. Erm. If the truck can't get down the street exactly what are the council or the binmen supposed to do?
I'm no council apologist, but sometimes people really do have their judgement clouded.
(and personally I think they should just send the bin lorry down, and then when residents complain about their scratched and dented cars the council / binmen can simply reply "well, I thought you wanted your bins collected?")
Well, since the Parking Attendants work for the council, it is the fault of the council. If the residents knew that a 'Meanie' was going to go down their street before the bin lorry, then presumably they wouldnt obstruct their street.
Meanies can only patrol parking bays. So if the problem is people double parking, or parking on double yellows, or just generally parking outside of parking bays, then it's actually a police traffic warden action rather than the councils meanies.
This is odd, I looked it up on streeview. The street is a U-shape, and all the colony-type houses seem to have their individual green wheely bins. Where the picture is being posed is off the lane at the end of the street, which leads through an alleyway into some further residences and the "Scott of Dalry" yard.
You can see the comunal bin in question through the alleyway, on the street view.
Now, I assume the bin motor has been able to get round and do the green wheely bins and it's just the communal bin that's the issue.
Begs two questions;
1 - why can the green bins be collected but not the communal bin
2 - the communcal bins in question have wheels (not the ones picked up directly off the street, side-on). The bin men wheel them to the back of the wagon to empty them. It surely wouldn't take a few minutes or so to wheel the bin down the lane, unload it, then push the empty bin back up. It would certainly be more time efficient than attempting to go back on multiple occassions.
It's a very narrow old colony street. You only have to look at the streetview to see a good deal of pavement parking (which still leads the street half-blocked anyway). Frankly I'm amazed at the lack of yellow lines on the street, for most of it's length you can park on BOTH sides!
The resident in the article makes out that the lorries used to go round the street, but something has changed (new driver? new team? different lorry?) meaning that they no longer do.
Anyway the situation is now resolved (according to L. Hinds).
Anyway the situation is now resolved
What? A non-story making a mountain of rubbish out of a mere pile of rubbish? The chipwrapper?! I just don't believe it!
It would not, of course, occur to these people to park somewhere else, OR to convert their gardens into driveways, OR to not own a car, OR to simply accept the consequences of living in a city that was largely built before motor vehicles were invented.
Richmond Terrace can be a nightmare
its tight at the best of times
its a mare if you get up in a large vehicle and find you cant get round the top,down the other side
@ kaputnik,the flats at the side of that lane have an entrance to the rear
no doubt its where they keep their bins etc
@CalumCookabl if you see Richmond Terrace,theres no real option for creating driveways. I'm actually surprised they still allow parking there. mind there is no real(free) parking options till what,Harrison Road? from there?
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