FLY-TIPPING is fast becoming 'a blight' on Warndon with a horrified mum describing a rat running out in front of her as she walked her child to school.
Cllr Jill Desayrah, who heard first-hand of the mother's shock, says she regularly reports issues of fly-tipping in Warndon and is campaigning to stop the epidemic from escalating - before it gets out of hand.
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These photos show sofas, armchairs, mattresses, boxes and other rubbish dumped at three different locations just yards apart in Cranham Drive. The main road is close to the Oasis Academy and the footpath is used daily by parents and children heading to and from school.
Only a short distance away - in Edgeworth Close - are piles of rubbish including broken furniture. After the councillor's intervention other mess has already been cleared including abandoned fridges in Chedworth Drive.
The Warndon city Labour councillor is now calling for a more joined-up approach from the various bodies including the city council, Platform Housing and Citizen Housing to tackle the problem which she says cannot be addressed 'piecemeal'.
She said: "I get frequent communication from residents on this widespread issue. The latest was this morning from a lady complaining that a rat ran across her path from some fly-tipped rubbish whilst she was taking her child to school. Appalling.
"Costly, separate clean-ups are done periodically by the council, Platform Housing and Citizen Housing on their respective lands, but I am asking to meet with them to discuss a joint way forward, with the local police, to apply a holistic, “carrot and stick” approach to tackling the problem. I await their response."
The councillor said she had been reporting issues with fly-tipping even before she became a councillor and that the problem had reached 'epidemic' proportions over the summer.
She is campaigning for a security camera in Rodborough Close because of chronic fly-tipping there.
"It comes in waves but it's bad at the moment. It's a complete blight on Warndon," she said.
Worcester City Council, Citizen Housing and Platform Housing have been approached for a comment.
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