Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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Hi Louise it wasnt really wasnt just Albert Road but the complaint was made on here and Jan asked if we can do something about it.I contacted DDC and they checked the area out,where the bins could be placed properly on the properties they should be,where there is no room on hard standing they shouldnt have wheelie bins.
Yes I know there are other problems and they have been highlighted here and other places.Where there is a problem either contact DDC or tell us on here and either the local councillor will get something done or I or Roger or Jan will e-mail DDC.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
Welcome to the forum Louise.
I raised the Albert Road issue (see #48) after seeing a mother pushing her double buggy down the road because it could not get past the bins that blocked half the pavement. I notice there seem to be some bins now living on the pavement in my road but I think that is because the householders are too lazy to take them in rather than lack of space.
It was nice to see you again this morning even though my visit was brief.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
Welcome to the Forum Louise.
Folkestone Road needs some serious attention too. I am sending photos and emails every week.
Either the residents have been spoken to and are ignoring the Council's instructions, or they haven't been spoken to yet and need to be.
Enforcement must soon be on the cards as there is so much rubbish - in and out of wheelie bins; broken bits of furniture, all contributing to an air of neglect; I hope that people do not become immune to it and just expect it to be in a s**t state all the time.
It's one of the main arteries in and out of Dover, the same street that the High Speed train station is in; serious attention is urgently needed - NOW.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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spot on roger, so many people use the folkestone road and the bins are an eyesore.
at least they do not cause problems to pedestrians because of the wide pavements.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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That may be the only saving grace Howard, but not much comfort.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the whole thing has reached an impasse, people know that they can put out any coloured bags that they like and they will be collected.
on folkestone road today i saw purple bags sticking out of the top of bins!!
i doubt there is the person power to go around and force people to comply, there will not any prosecutions because we will be told it is too expensive.
shepway started this ill fated scheme well in advance of dover and they don't seem to know how to solve the problems either.
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Is this the same Folkestone Road of the 'entrepreneur flying pavement shop' fame Gasp!
Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
- Posts: 2,096
From last week's Mercury - "DISTRICT council officials have admitted they did not consider how the new wheelie bins would affect the appearance of streets in Dover"
That admission should be cause for a review.
Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
- Posts: 221
I hope they do have a review then. It was pretty obvious how they were going to look. The predominant feature everywhere in Dover now is giant ugly wheelie bins. Mine have gone thank goodness, but i still have to walk past them everywhere else I go.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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If they had to be kept on or in the front gardens, or the pavements, the houses should never have had them. They are an eyesore, a blot on any lansdscape and must lower the value of every house in the street(s).
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i must admit i have not heard one person say that they liked them, just a passive acceptance by most.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
I like them at our house in Eythorne, because we can keep them all at the back, out of sight and within arm's reach of the kitchen door. Otherwise they are unsuitable.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 730- Registered: 5 Nov 2011
- Posts: 221
There's a man in Balfour Road at the moment changing bins for boxes. It looks as though he's just doing people that have complained, not the whole road, but he's done quite a few including the two next to me. So if anyone reading this in Balfour Road or anywhere similar wants their bins removed, I suggest you complain. There's no reason why they can't do it now.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,930
look as you go up the folkestone road as one example as to how unsightly they look
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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clarendon street yesterday, rather ironic to see a highway maintenance vehicle
making it impossible for anything other than a pedestrian to get through.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Don't want to distract away from the heading howard but as your aware if the highway maintance lorry parked on the road, the maxton bus (which you use)would be unable to get through.
on the bins the Folkestone road is a better example(bins)came past there at 1030pm looked so unsightly
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the maxton bus gets through clarendon place on an irregular basis.
i have notified parking services of the problems in malvern road and clarendon place but nothing ever gets done, double yellows are just ignored.
on a happier note albert road this morning was a bin free zone save for one lonely looking slops bucket.
Guest 706- Registered: 25 Oct 2010
- Posts: 285
If the design of the bins were slimmer I think that a lot more people would wheel them out to the back where dustbins used to live. It was very rare to see dustbins left in the front of houses after collection day.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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There are 3 sizes Penny, all the same height, thin, medium, thick(er). It's still unusual to see bins in the front gardens - they're usually on the pavements !
Roger
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Maybe we should run a decorate your own bin competition to blend said bins in with the local flower and fauna?
We will probably see some interesting designs, would the DDC illegalise it as it is defacing council property, or will they be all for it as it would detract from the negative news the bins are receiving
