Essential resurfacing – Holly Tree Lane, Haxby

City of York Council will be carrying out essential resurfacing works on Holly Tree Lane, Haxby from 30 October. The work is expected to take three days and will take place between 9.30am and 5pm.

In order to carry out these works safely, a temporary road closure of Holly Tree Lane will be in place.

The Council says, “All Haxby residents must put out their waste bins for scheduled emptying by 7:00am on 30th October” as collection rounds will be affected by the roadworks

Empty our green bins say residents

Residents are asking the York Council to continue to empty green bins at least until Christmas.

Green waste refusebin

The request comes as – with warm weather continuing until late into the autumn for the second successive year – large amounts of green waste are continuing to accumulate.

Labour stopped emptying bins at the beginning of November as an economy measure last year. However many residents simply put the waste into grey bins, increasing the amount going to land fill.

This meant that the Council had to pay more in landfill tax

Residents can sign a petition on the council’s web site. Click here

The petition reads

We the undersigned petition the council to continue to collect green waste throughout the winter, or at least until Christmas 2014

As most people have leaves and other green waste, we want it to be collected later in the year. Not to stop at the end of October