From: Mark Warters <mark@markwarters.co.uk>
Date: 12 August 2021 at 09:56:34 BST
To: Louise Pink <osbaldwickparishcouncil@yahoo.co.uk>, Alastair McFarlane <murtonyorkparishclerk@yahoo.com>, Julie Bone <parish.clerk@dunningtonparishcouncil.gov.uk>, Parish Council Holtby <jonathankay@sky.com>, Jill Edwards < Gwen Swinburn <, Steve Galloway <Steve.Galloway@btinternet.com>, "Cllr. A. D'Agorne" <cllr.adagorne@york.gov.uk>, "Cllr. C. Vassie" <cllr.cvassie@york.gov.uk>
Cc: Tony Clarke <Tony.Clarke@york.gov.uk>, Ben Grabham <Ben.Grabham@york.gov.uk>
Subject: Spraying.

Dear All,

And of course what makes this practise worse in York;

https://twitter.com/GeorgeMonbiot/status/1425342704997871616

Is that in many locations the sign posts they are spraying around are redundant signs that could have been removed years ago if the council maintained an up to date audit of its street clutter.

Time, money and resource wasted on spraying around signs that needn’t be there as well as potential environmental consequences!

Perhaps that same resource could be directed to keeping the footpaths clear of weeds and leaving the verges alone - note NO weed killer spraying on verges in Osbaldwick and Derwent Ward after many representations over the years.

As I’ve said many times in the past instead of spraying around obstacles in verges twice a year (whether the obstacle should be there or not) it would be just the same Labour cost to strim around those same obstacles May/Sept.

Meanwhile the roads and footpaths in many areas are back to the same state they were in back in 2019;

Church Lane, Dunnington yesterday, could be anywhere else across the ward.

Mark.

Regards,

Cllr. Mark Warters.

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