Council Can Help Reduce Litter in Knocknaheeny- Nugent
Sinn Féin councillor Mick Nugent today said Cork City Council could do more to support residents in Knocknaheeny to prevent litter in the area.
Cllr Nugent said:
“The news that Knocknaheeny was identified as a litter blackspot in the Irish Business Against Litter survey is disappointing. It must be borne in mind however that this is the area’s first time to be included in the survey and that as a neighbourhood of the city it is not strictly comparable to towns like Killarney or Cobh.”
“Local people in Knocknaheeny take pride in their area and are willing to do their part to keep it looking well. Evidence of this is the recent community clean-up, in which I was happy to participate.”
“However there are aspects of council policy which do not help. The large number of empty and boarded-up houses in Knocknaheeny is one. As I have pointed out before, these have become dumping grounds which degrade the appearance of the area.”
“The council needs to move faster to allocate these houses to some of the almost 9,000 people on the housing list. It also needs to give more resources to the community warden and the local council staff, who are doing very good work.”
“If the council shows the way, I have no doubt that the local community will rally to make Knocknaheeny litter free.”
For further information contact Cllr Mick Nugent @ 087-6755793
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