Our road networks, in particular our motorways are “blighted by rubbish. I am aware that there is legislation in place however ….. it is frankly not working“.
Mike Penning MP
Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Speaking in March 2010.
Clean Highways mission is :
- To issue Litter Abatement Orders against duty bodies who fail to clean their highways
- To encourage others to do the same
- To find out why the legislation is not working
- To advise the Government of the shortcomings of the system and appropriate remedies
Progress:
- A massive clean up of the M40 was carried out following our complaint to the Magistrates Court
- Warning Notices issued to two local authorities have led to the clean-up of the A404 (Wycombe) and the A335 (Beaconsfield)
- A Warning Notice led to the removal of hundreds of urine bottles from a verge of the J8A slip road of the M40
- A report “Our Littered Motorways – why the legislation is not working” was delivered to Mike Penning MP on 22nd November 2010
- Damian Carrington, the head of environment at the Guardian, wrote an article in support my work on 15th April 2011.
- An application for a Litter Abatement Order over J1 of the M40 was heard on 8th June 2011. I was awarded costs.
- A meeting was held with the Highways Agency on 27th June attended by Will Gates of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
- Proceeding have been taken against London Underground Ltd over littered embankments in Ruislip Manor. The case will be heard on 1st November.
- On 12th September 2011 a report, Motorway Cleaning – Management Failings at the Highways Agency, was submitted to the Agency’s Chairman, Alan Cook, to advise his review of the organisation for the Secretary of State due out in October
Peter Silverman
September 2011
Clean Highways works closely with the Campaign to Protection of Rural England & Clean Up Britain
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