A Highgate Lib Dem councillor is calling for action from Haringey Council after their failure to meet requests for more litterbins in the N6 area. Cllr Neil Williams says he has repeatedly asked the Labour run council to introduce more litter bins in Highgate – and to reinstate bins that have vanished and not been replaced – but the Council has not acted, and are overdue on a promise to consult on new bin locations in the Highgate and Archway areas.

Cllr Williams wants bins missing for months replaced in North Hill, near a primary school, and off Archway Road, near the Magistrates Court, as well as a host of bins in new sites. At the recent ‘Graffiti Summit’, Haringey Council agreed to consult on the location of new bins for Highgate in time for the graffiti clear up now beginning in the west of the borough – but nothing has yet happened.

Cllr Neil Williams comments:

“I know from my postbag that residents in Highgate are fed up waiting for the Council to take some action on replacing bins and installing some new ones in and around Highgate. This has long been promised by Haringey Council, and a number of locations have already been suggested.

“At first, I was told that bins were ‘out of stock’, but then Muswell Hill has had a series of new bins installed. Many Highgate residents ask me for bins in particular locations, which would contribute to a better environment in Highgate.It’s time Highgate received some action from the Council, as residents have waited long enough.”