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Is the rubbish on
Southport's roads destroying our Town's reputation?
AS our readers know, Southport and
Merseyside as a whole is a fantastic place to visit and also to live, but as of
late a few things are beginning to slip in Southport. Sadly they are being
brought to our attention and we have felt we should now publish these issues. A
few weeks back we had reports of rubbish being dumped in side streets around the
Town Centre and then we kept being told of more and more issues. Last week, as
tourists visited our fantastic Town, some stayed over in our many fantastic
hotels and B&B's, many of them had been attending the Crabbie's Grand National
Festival others had kids off for the Easter Holidays. Unfortunately not all of
them had been impressed by what Southport had put on for them. We were told by a
few tourists about rotting seafood being left in side roads and worse! So we
popped out and took a look, as this was quite shocking to hear. We did take a
photo, but we are not putting it on here, as it is not a pleasant photo! These
photos are from just 1 of the locations flagged to us... What does this
say about our Town? In our 28 March 2016
issue, we ran a letter from Jane, from
Llandudno. She had labelled the area and Southport as:- "Grotty Town"
after her Easter visit left her with a poor impression of the area. We were
asked by a few of the tourists last week:- "Why are the roads so unclean?
Is this the fault of the Council or local businesses...?" 1 of them even
complained about the:- "mountain of bin bags" that had been left
overnight, on Lord Street, after the shops had closed. So who do you think is to
blame? What are your views about this situation? Please do send us your views
and thoughts on this topic to:-
News24@SouthportReporter.com and let us know.
We would also be interested in any ideas about how we can tackle the gowning
amount of rubbish that is being dropped in and around our Town's gardens,
pavements and roads.
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