A man living in Slade Green has demanded the Council do something about a “150 yards long” fly-tipping site that has been on Ray Lamb Way for “ten years”.
Eddie claims he has repeatedly urged the Council to clean up the mess, and even suggested the borough move a nearby 24-hour security booth to the front of the site to prevent people dumping rubbish.
Once home to a rare species of water vole, Eddie told News Shopper that “nothing lives down there now” and the plot is “just full of oil and tires and mattresses”.
Sharing a photo of the fly-tipping site - and noting that the rubbish heap is normally “ten times that amount”, Eddie said: “This is in Slade Green, it’s been here over ten years.
“I’ve reported it numerous times to different councillors.
“I’ve given a solution about this problem to different councillors over the last year or two, it’s an easy solution to stop the fly tipping - and no one gets anything done.
“If they listened to my suggestion, there would be no fly tipping down that area at all.
“When I was a kid I used to play down that area and there was never any rubbish down there, it was all wildlife.
“It was the home of a very rare water vole, but nothing lives there now.
“ It’s full of oil and tyres and mattresses.
“There was fish in there, ducks in there.”
Bexley councillor Peter Craske said they are currently working with the police and an environmental agency to address the fly-tipping site.
The Council says it has issued fines and seized vehicles while also working alongside local business to catch offenders.
Eddie continued: “They’ve got a 24 hour security hut further past [the fly-tipping site].
“If that security hut was moved to this side of the fly-tipping, it would go - there’d be no more fly-tipping, because you’d have to go past the security hut.
“They said it would be too expensive to move the security booth.
“You sit down there for an hour, you’ll see someone fly a tip.
“Every time I go down there it upsets me, it’s just disgusting.”
Mr Craske said: “The Council and other agencies such as the police and environment agency have been working together to tackle this issue for some time; indeed we have all recently met to plan the next stage of how we can tackle this menace together.
“We have successfully prosecuted culprits, fined people and seized vehicles involved and are working with local businesses in the area to try and catch offenders.
“This is though privately owned land, but following a recent change of ownership we are now able to work together more successfully.”
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