A dumped washing machine continues to blight a local path in Hornsey more than four months after it was reported to Haringey’s refuse contractor, Haringey Accord.

Lib Dem Environment spokesperson Cllr Bob Hare spotted the dumped machine on the Penstock Path back in March and contacted Accord with detailed directions to the path and the easiest way to access it. But it remains as a blight on the landscape of this popular route more than four months later.

Cllr Hare comments:

“In the hot weather we are currently experiencing, many of us would probably welcome somewhere to sit and take a break from walking. But if that seat is this ugly washing machine I think we would all still rather see it removed!

“It is getting on for five months since I first reported this to Haringey Accord. Local residents pay a huge amount of council tax for services including that provided by Accord – and this is simply not an acceptable standard.”