Teh One Who Knocks
01-29-2016, 12:01 PM
By Charlie Moore - The Mirror
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A man who lives next to a beach has made an unlikely complaint to his local council - about the SAND that “blows in the wind”.
Peter Alexander claims drifting sands from the beach at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, regularly block drains and build up on roads and footpaths.
The 85-year-old has contacted Sedgemoor District Council about the issue but claims that “nobody wants to take responsibility for it”.
He said: “The wall blocking sand at the top of Poplar Road has been damaged by v andals .
“When people clear up the sand they dump it over the wall where it blows back again with the next strong wind.”
Sedgemoor District Council said it receives four or five complaints about sand a year but admitted the problem may have worsened recently as it has been windier than usual.
Adrian Gardener, of the Environmental Services team, said: “We routinely clean and sweep the road but there are always going to be issues.
“It is not something we can ever solve, we just have to manage it the best we can.”
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A man who lives next to a beach has made an unlikely complaint to his local council - about the SAND that “blows in the wind”.
Peter Alexander claims drifting sands from the beach at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, regularly block drains and build up on roads and footpaths.
The 85-year-old has contacted Sedgemoor District Council about the issue but claims that “nobody wants to take responsibility for it”.
He said: “The wall blocking sand at the top of Poplar Road has been damaged by v andals .
“When people clear up the sand they dump it over the wall where it blows back again with the next strong wind.”
Sedgemoor District Council said it receives four or five complaints about sand a year but admitted the problem may have worsened recently as it has been windier than usual.
Adrian Gardener, of the Environmental Services team, said: “We routinely clean and sweep the road but there are always going to be issues.
“It is not something we can ever solve, we just have to manage it the best we can.”