Fixed Penalty figures not fine at all
Figures obtained by Bury Lib Dems regarding fixed penalty notices today reveal a fairly shocking neglect of Prestwich by Bury Council.I asked a question at Council last week about how many fines for littering and dog fouling had been issued in Prestwich in the last twelve months. Fixed Penalties are important deterrents and methods of punishment for people intent on spoiling the local area by making it dirty and not cleaning up. And after a complex tallying procedure involving what must’ve been the world’s most powerful super computer, the Council revealed that over the last year a grand total of… zero dog fouling fixed penalty notices and four litter fixed penalty notices had been given out.
Four fixed penalty notices, for the whole year! This compares to 59 in the Town Centre of Bury. Even that figure is barely one per week, but in Prestwich it’s one every three months for litter, and none at all for dogs! This despite constant reports of problems, lack of Council clean up, and campaigns by Councillors for action.
Another sad sign of the neglect that the Tory Council give to Prestwich. It’s pretty much the only thing they give, other than a 300ft high flashing neon green light to any would be litter-lout which says that he’d have to be the unluckiest person in Britain to get fined for dropping litter.
The people of Prestwich deserve better than this Tory neglect.
Rick
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