Speculation is mounting that the government will ask local Councils to reopen civic amenity (recycling) sites where they have been closed. York’s Hazel Court facility has been closed for several weeks now – something which has been a particular issue since green waste bin emptying was also suspended. There are problems with fly tipping in some neighbourhoods.
Several local authorities have kept their amenity sites open and have also continued green waste collections.
Elsewhere some other public services such as street cleaning have generally been improved since the lockdown with hand sweeping being reintroduced on some estates.
We’ve reported several issues for attention
NB. We have been told that the York Council will be publishing its highway programme for the current year “in the near future”.