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Joint working waste transfer operations

Posted on 10/08/11

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Checks on the A6 at Kibworth

The cost to the local tax payer to remove illegally discarded waste is a considerable amount each year.

In response to these issues, Lutterworth and Broughton Astley neighbourhood sergeant, Ps 2908 Steve Bunn has arranged joint operations to take place on the A426 at Lutterworth on July 1st 2011 and on the A6 at Kibworth on Monday August 8th 2011.

The waste transfer operation on Monday 8th August involved officers from Lutterworth Police, Vehicle Operating Standards Agency (VOSA) and Harborough District Council. The agencies completed checks for approximately 4 hrs, on the day 116 vehicles were stopped with the following outcomes:-

  • Ninefixed penalty notices issued on the spot for insurance, tyre, MoT and tachograph offences
  • Twodrivers reported for summons for multiple offences
  • Onevehicle seized for having no insurance
  • Ninedrivers received advice regarding the condition of vehicle tyres and for not wearing seat belts
  • Onevehicle failed to stop for police and enquires are currently ongoing
  • VOSA issued prohibitions to five vehicles, two for tyre offences,two for tachograph offences andone for defective suspension and brakes
  • HDC enforcement officers issued 11 drivers with advice regarding the carriage of waste and have requiredtwo companies/drivers to produce their waste transfer permits within 28 days or formal action will follow.

PS Bunn said; Through community consultation we are often told about issues involving the movement of waste and fly tipping and these operations are a good way of getting all the relevant agencies in one place to get the job done. The majority of drivers stopped were appreciative of the operation, especially those who comply with the law and some good intelligence has been gained.

I was a little disappointed at the amount of vehicles which had defective tyres or those close to the legal limit.Two penalty notices were issued for illegal tyres with anotherfive receiving words of advice for tyres being very close to the legal limit. This was by far the highest offence type of the day and a message to all drivers and fleet managers to regularly check the condition of tyres.

The commander of Harborough local policing unit Inspector Neal Holland said; In addition to the above figures my officers also used Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras during the operation. Over the 4 hrs they checked 4,256 vehicles passing through the area. From this they received 16 alerts for vehicles of interest to the police for either intelligence or motoring offence reasons. ANPR is a key tool for intelligence gathering and denying criminals the use of our local roads. I was pleased with the outcome of the day and the format of the operations which we have run at regular intervals across the district for the past two years. I will be authorising further operations over the year so criminals beware.

For further information or advice regarding the carriage of waste, associated permits or to report information with regards to fly tipping please contact Harborough District Council Enforcement team on 01858 828282.

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