Disgusted neighbours have labelled their street the 'dirtiest' in their area due to rubbish regularly being 'dumped' onto the pavement. Holborn Avenue in Sneinton, near to the city area's Sneinton Dale shopping parade, has been blighted with rubbish like empty wrappers, plastic bottles and discarded furniture for years, according to disgruntled residents.
Nottingham City Council had previously installed a camera to oversee the inconsiderate neighbours alleged of fly tipping on their own street, but this was later moved to another problem area. Garry Haywood, 50, who owns the barbers on the corner of the avenue, explained the situation was dire. "It isn't even that bad today," he said, looking at the path, which was littered with debris.
"It has been significantly worse at times, you sometimes have 20 or 30 bags of rubbish down the street. This is a hotspot.
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"It gets cleaned up but then people just dump things on the street - it is an ongoing problem. It is always down here next to my property and it is unpleasant."
Taxi driver Mahammad Arif, who has lived on the avenue for 10 years, thought the condition of the street had worsened in recent months. "As you can see it is bad and it is usually like this," the 40-year-old said.
"It has become worse recently. It is one of the most messy and dirty streets I have seen in Nottingham, I do not know why it has not been cleaned up."
Other neighbours claimed the state of the avenue had forced some people to move. Despite the street being close to the row of shops on Sneinton Dale, neighbours said the mess had not been generated by local businesses.
Tahir Sarfraz, an Uber driver who lives on Holborn Avenue, blamed children who he said created the mess late at night. The 47-year-old, looking out of his front door at the rubbish on the path, said: "It is too much. Just look at the place."
"I think it is from kids in the evening time and they throw stuff around. There's loads of crisps and bottles left around.
"It is all over the street and people do complain about it. It has been a problem for a long time, it is terrible."
Councillor Neghat Khan, Labour representative for the Dales ward, acknowledged the street's problem and explained the city council had previously installed a camera to deter the culprits. This camera was then moved to another problem area, meaning flytipping increased on the avenue, according to the councillor.
"That street is known for having issues with fly tipping, with local residents fly tipping onto the street. It's not the whole street doing this, it is a small number of people.
"We've had community protection officers go out and tell them the correct ways of disposing of rubbish but unfortunately there are still people doing it. It is a hotspot.
"We did have a camera there, but we do have to rotate the cameras to the streets with issues based on the data we collect. We are aware of it and we have previously put the resources in - we will look at getting another camera but it has to bbased on the data and statistics."
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