Highways England have no specific funding for litter-picking Environment Agency admit they are no longer rescourced to prosecute waste transport vehicles operators
Shocked that @HighwaysEngland drove off once they saw the bins were empty without looking at the litter on the floor pic.twitter.com/DuTS9JhkrP
— LitterGram (@LitterGram) August 30, 2016
The lay-by is on the southbound carriageway of the A3 south of Petersfield just north of the junction with the B2070.
The road is part of Highways England network but responsibility for litter picking lies with the local authority – in this case East Hampshire.
Peter Silverman
31st August 2016
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