Residents in one street have been told their bins will not be collected due to parked vehicles blocking access for lorries. A leaflet distributed by Amber Valley Borough Council was posted to residents in Park Street, Ripley, said bin collection crews would return to collect bins on a different day, providing access was not restricted.
Park Street is an access-only road, with numerous signs displaying this fact to motorists, but residents say the route is a popular “rat run”, particularly during school drop-off each morning and the post-work commute in the evening. They say motorists looking to avoid paying to park in the town centre sometimes park on the road, which is a key issue compounding access problems, Derbyshire Live reports.
The narrow street is often crowded with vehicles and larger vehicles can struggle with access, with a particular pinch-point halfway down the route. An elderly resident who has lived in the street for 40 years and did not wish to be named said access issues had been persisting “for ages…for far too long”.
