What was supposed to be a cost cuttung exercise – will now in fact cost us more…
They didn’t save what they thought they would, and actually increased their Carbon Footprint…..
We didn’t get this right’ admits county council over policy to end chemical weed killing.
At a meeting on Tuesday, council officers apologised for the way the policy change was handled and admitted the county council did not engage effectively with other councils and people in the county.
Chemical weed killing is due to start again across Fenland and the rest of the county after Cambridgeshire County Council admitted it had ‘not got it right’ on its policy.
The authority stopped using chemical weed killers last year, instead planning to only physically remove weeds if they “presented a hazard or nuisance” to people.
The county council said at the time of the change that it would save the authority £120,000 a year, would reduce its carbon footprint, and would reduce the use of “potentially harmful chemicals”.
Read the full story – The Fenland Citizen
I complained, Whittlesey Town Council Complained, Fenland District Council Complained.
