Since I was elected to the district council in 2011, I’ve tried everything I know to get the Tories to take responsibility for and clear up the litter along the A34. It’s not so bad elsewhere, like up in Oxford City area, or Cherwell. But in Vale, especially from the Marcham exchange (by Abingdon Tesco) up to Wytham, it’s just awful – an embarrassment to us all. It’s worse in the winter when the grass verges die back and you can actually see it all.
Over the years, I’ve asked publicly for Tory cabinet members to get the litter along the A34 cleared up. Repeatedly, and by different Tory cabinet members, I’ve been told that it’s not Vale’s responsibility. ‘Not my job, gov.’
This week I discussed the (intractable?) problem with Vale’s new Head of Service for Environmental Health, and she told me it absolutely IS Vale’s responsibility. !!!
So she’s going to meet with Highways England to agree an approach to solving this problem, and I say, ‘About time!’
I wanted to let you know the latest. An improvement may be coming soon.
I think it’s time for me to ask the Tory Cabinet member for another answer, and ask for the truth this time. I’m fed up.