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11

Mar 2024

Last Updated: 11/03/2024

Bin collections enhance Ripon canal walks

by Tim Flanagan

| 11 Mar, 2024
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Andrew Williams pictured at Ripon Canal last year.

Canal-side walks in Ripon have become a pleasant experience once more after North Yorkshire Council stepped in to clear dog poo packages.

Ripon City Council leader Andrew Williams, who also represents the Minster and Moorside division on the council, told the Stray Ferret:

"After the Canal and River Trust stopped emptying the black litter bins on the stretch from the canal basin to beyond Farmison, I started receiving complaints about the little black bags piling up around the overflowing bins.
"Clearly, this was an unsatisfactory situation for dog walkers, walkers, boat owners and other visitors to this picturesque part of Ripon."


A penalty notice at Ripon Canal.



 

A red bin for dog poo bags.





He added:

"The matter was also raised by my colleagues at the city council and, after I met on site with officers, I was pleased when the unitary authority agreed to empty the black bins, along with the limited number of red bins dedicated for disposal of dog excrement that already came within their remit.
"It's great to get this type of common-sense co-operation between councils and pleasing that the issue has been resolved ahead of the Easter holidays, when more people will be out and about enjoying this popular Ripon tourist attraction,"


Picture: Cllr Williams at one of the canal-side black bins now emptied by North Yorkshire Council.



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