Issue - meetings

The Committee received a presentation from the Streets and Open Spaces Team on the herbicide free trials. 

The Committee made the following comments in response to the presentation: 

        i.       Noted the photographs shown at the beginning of the presentation and that the officer had said it was more likely that initially, pavements would be seen with weeds. Expressed concerns for people with disabilities and the elderly in using pavements which had weeds.  

Noted that during the herbicide-free trial there would be a period of transition where streets in the trial would have weeds when herbicides were not used. The streets would need to be monitored. A slips, trips and falls risk assessment had been undertaken.  

      ii.        Noted that there were enthusiastic residents in West Chesterton who wanted to be part of the 12 herbicide-free trial streets. Residents had said they would help keep the streets weed free through local volunteering work. Asked how the streets would be picked as part of the 12 herbicide-free street pilot. 

The pilot had been set at 12 streets, this did not preclude more streets being involved, they just wouldn’t be part of the trial. They would still get support from the council. The only caveat would be roads which had speed limits over 30mph would not be included as these were too high risk.