Wirral News Letters – February 3

Feb 3 2010 by Lorna Hughes, Birkenhead News

Put bin woes into perspective

NOT content with summer maggots, the moaners now complain about delays in bin collections because of unusually adverse weather conditions.

They should get things into perspective.

Do they think the people of Haiti are complaining about their bin collections?

This attitude is symptomatic of a society that expects everything on time and someone else to sort out their problems.

Bin problems will disappear if people examine their lifestyle and reduce waste.

T MCCULLOUGH,

Bebington

We need answers

1: HOW many dog fine wardens do we have on Wirral? If this was policed people who do not pick up after their dog may start doing so!

If there are not enough then deploy some of the many traffic wardens.

2: Why are old and young people allowed to slip and slide on icy pavements? Why don’t the nation, as they used to years ago, clear their own path and space in front of their house so people can go about their day without fear of slipping?

Why can’t people on the dole and probation service fill their days helping clear paths for the elderly at hospitals, supermarkets etc.

3: Also the bin men could have carried on emptying bins on the gritted roads and people could have got their bins to a gritted road. It’s not rocket science.

4: I thought it was illegal to park cars on pavements but they do it all the time in Sandrock Road, Wallasey. Why?

5: And why is parking allowed near schools? Why do parents insist on stopping on zig-zags to drop a child outside the school gate?

They must live in the catchment area – why don’t they walk? It’s much healthier anyway.

Can anyone answer these questions?

NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED

via e-mail

Clean it up

I AM writing to complain about the dog owners who walk their dogs in Mayer Park.

Earlier this week I went to the park with my mum and two little brothers.

My five-year-old brother is learning to ride his bike so the long straight paths would be perfect.

This was spoiled by the large number of dog dirt heaps along the paths and in the grass at the sides of the paths. It was very dirty, smelly and disgusting.

We were lucky that we didn’t get covered but our scooters and my brother’s bike wheels did have some on.

We couldn’t play on the grass because there was so much dog dirt.

It has been getting worse and now is so bad it has put us off going to the park, which is wrong because it should be a clean area to play. It’s not just for dog walkers.

When we have been to the park before we have come home with dog dirt on our bikes, our shoes and even on our trousers even though we look out for it.

I think the owners of dogs should be more careful with their dogs and clear up every mess they make as they are their responsibility.

I hope people will stop and think about the children who play in the park and that the park will be cleaner from now on.

DOMINIC STORER, aged 11

Address supplied

Well deserved

WHAT marvellous and encouraging news that Cammell Lairds have been awarded this prestigious contract (Lairds’ £50m deal, January 27) – very well deserved.

This puts Cammell Laird and Birkenhead right back at the front where they belong in the continuation of their excellent shipbuilding history.

This gives Birkenhead the opportunity for job retention, recruitment, training and potential high level, world-class apprenticeship scheme opportunities.

BARBARA SINCLAIR

West Kirby

Poor service

EARLY last year our road, Berrylands in Moreton, was resurfaced.

What we got was a surface of loose, fine gravel which flew through the air hitting car windscreens and passing pedestrians.

It also became stuck in the tread of shoes and then was often walked into houses and onto carpets. Š

I wrote to complain and got a letter saying that it was something called a micro-surface, and that it hadn’t been rollered in because “It’s a surface which has to be ‘trafficked in’.” Interesting concept.

Now, many months later, the road surface at the sides of the road and in the side roads are just loose gravel, rather like a country lane. As a consequence, the pavements are still strewn with the stuff.

On top of this, after an understandable delay in emptying our bins, our grey bin was emptied early on Thursday morning, but even though we hadn’t overfilled it, the lid was down, about a quarter of its contents were strewn all the way down the road.

Disgraceful attitude from people who have the nerve to castigate people for putting rubbish in the wrong bin.

BOB TRUEMAN

Moreton