That was the week that was in west York

Cllr Andrew Waller has been out and about reporting problems with dumping.

Dumping Acomb car park

Dumping Acomb car park

Dumping Front St bus stop

Dumping Front St bus stop

Litter Askham Lane bus stop

Litter Askham Lane bus stop

Sacks out early in back lane

Sacks out early in back lane

Consultations are starting this weekend in the Milner Street/Gladstone Street area about whether residents would prefer to go over to the use of grey bins in preference to sacks.

Blocked drain Thanet Road

Blocked drain Thanet Road

Blocked gully in Tudor Road

Blocked gully in Tudor Road

Meanwhile Cllr Sheena Jackson has been out and about in the Foxwood area. She has reported several blocked gully’s (above). Sheena is also conducting a survey of local teenagers to find out what new leisure activities they would like to see provided in the area.

Weeds on Kir Cres

Weeds on Kir Cres

Overgrown traffic island on Gale Lane

Overgrown traffic island on Gale Lane

Weeds in Dijon Ave garage area

Weeds in Dijon Ave garage area

Meanwhile the Council’s weed killing programme looks to be increasingly ineffective. One of our longest outstanding issues is poor management of garage areas like the one in Dijon Avenue, but the overgrown traffic build out in Gale Lane is also a recurring issue