Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Bin Alley, Wightman Road
I don't live on Wightman, so you may say I have no right to comment. But the problem created for residents since the introduction of the wheelie bins seems to be an issue that affects all pedestrians who use the road. There's a part of Wightman where the houses are set up a little from the road. This has left the residents in a tricky position about where to put their bins.
I don't want to give the residents of these houses grief, but I'm just wondering if between we the people & the Council, we couldn't come up with a better solution than leaving the bins blocking the pavement.
If these were cars (parked more the 50cm over the line) or pavement parked bikes, they'd be ticketed. I certainly DON'T want these bins ticketed, but it says to me ha the Council see it as a problem when the pavements are obstructed. Why aren't they seeking a solution here?
Any bright ideas? Councillors? Residents?
Tags for Forum Posts: Request for councillor help, Wightman Road, bins on wightman
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Permalink Reply by Dermot on
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Im loathe to offer a 'solution' that i wouldnt be happy having to live with myself if i were a resident on wightman. And the residents have no choice in the matter of course so their consultation online and in real life is key.
But having to navigate these bins with a buggy (or with my 2 year old on the back of my bike on the way to nursery*) in combo with parked cars bottlenecking pedestrians, which are a total nuisance, has got me thinking.
So struggling for a piecemeal solution, i wonder if individual consumer bins could be replaced completely; and instead, larger communal bins (such as the commericial waste ones in the pic) replace them at regular safe sections along wightman road itself? Perhaps each one for the sole use of half a dozen houses or so.
In terms of siting them, they could be off the pavement completely and located instead in new designated 'bin bays' that were safely secured to bollards/street furniture/some better solution. Each 'bin bay' would probably equate to the loss of a single parking space at every stage it was sited and there would clearly be a bit of investment needed and a number of departments involved. So i dont know if its a joined up solution or a ballsed up solution, but its the best one ive got at the minute.
There maybe a myriad of restrictions or regulations that would prohibit progress down this sort of track (nevermind the council financing it), but i'll leave them details to those better qualified to answer them.
*thats pushing the bike not cycling it, and only to get into a safe spot (sic) for entering the road. Just in case your flabber- had never been so -gasted!
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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As I said earlier - In my block of 8 flats there are 3 bins. The nearest bin is always full to overflowing: the others 2 feet away are empty. I often transfer black bags from the overflowing one to the others. I don't think some of our residents would carry rubbish further than they could spit but would just leave it on the pavement.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Go Dermot. Thats my idea too. And I just checked in Spain - that's what they do. They have never had any of this mollycoddling doorstep stuff. Now landfill waste is down to a small bag weekly or so, what's the problem?
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Permalink Reply by David Schmitz on
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Thanks for your further thoughts. I have told the council officers about this discussion and have asked them to look at it.
I have also suggested that they consider whether the provsion of a smaller standard size wheelie bin might solve the problem at no's 73 and 75 and whether elsewhere the problem might be solved by the provision of old-style small round bins which the binmen might safely empty themselves (thereby avoiding the problems which are likely to arise if people leave bags exposed the night before they are due to be collected).
David Schmitz
Lib Dem Councillor for Harringay Ward
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There are a number of streets around Chestnuts Park where the issue is more to do with the depth of front gardens preventing getting the bins off the pavement via the house path. The solution which some residents have managed to do themselves involves cutting a bin slot into the front wall to house it, this allows access to the bin for resident and bin collection. Is this something the council could help with for those resident that need/want it?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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David, we're a month down the line from your conversations. We've had a number of discussions about this issue on HoL. Do you think the council officers have finished "looking in to" the bins yet? Do they need a chivvy-up?
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