Proposed changes to the Special Street Collection in Moseley and Kings Heath

I would be interested in readers views on the present Special Street Collections and proposed refocusing of this collection.

At the bottom of this e-mail is the list of roads in Moseley and Kings Heath Ward that are on the programme of Special Street Collections.

The Ward spends £10,000 per year out of Community Chest Funds for these Special Street Collections. This is in addtion, to the service where anyone in Birmingham can request a special bulky rubbish collection from their house any time of the year by telephoning 303 1112 and booking in a collection. Also residents can drive bulky rubbish to various recycling centres across the city
The Special Street Collections were set up in the early 1990’s by the Council as an outreach scheme to areas where residents either:
a) did not have the knowledge or confidence to telephone the Council for a Special Street Collection
b) did not have access to a car to drive bulky rubbish to a recycling centre
c) lived in short term rented accomadation and would be highly likely to want to clear out the previous occupants furniture.

In the early days, the Special Street Collections was focused on roads with high levels of economic poverty or high levels of short term occupied rented accomadation.

Over the years, the Special Street Collections have been used by all politicians as a political football with promises to residents all over the Ward to include their road in the scheme. This has led to an increase in the number of roads covered by the scheme, WHILE the annual number of collections has NOT changed. As a result the frequency of Special Street Collections has reduced considerably in the original target roads – at the moment it is one collection every two years. This has in turn left to high levels of household furniture left in front and rear gardens for months and years in the original target roads. The dumped furniture then attracts rats, who live in it.

What I am proposing is a refocusing of the Special Street Collection back to the roads where it was original planned for AND to ensure these roads have a collection ONCE a year.

If you look at the present rota, you will see that not all roads are covered in the rolling programme. There are some roads missed out which are in desperate need of an annual Special Street Collection, namely Alcester Road and Woodnorton Drive.

I haven’t got the final draft of a refocused scheme, although the roads covered would include those in north Moseley (ie Church Road, Kingswood Road, Trafalgar Road, Augusta Road, Park Road) and various roads off Kings Heath High Street that have high numbers of rented accomadation (eg Station Road, Westfield Road, Addison Road). All the roads in the re-focused list would have a collection ONCE a year.

Before publishing a proposed re-focused list of roads, I would like opinions.

TRAFALGAR ROAD
FENTER CLOSE
RUSHBROOKE CLOSE
GREVIS CLOSE


LOUISE LORNE RD
HORATIO DRIVE
MOUNT CLOSE
SUTHERLAND DRIVE
SOVEREIGN WAY
ADMIRAL PLACE
HARRISONS PLECK
WOODBRIDGE ROAD
LABURNAM GROVE
KING EDWARD RD


ST ALBANS RD
KINGSWOOD RD
CHESTNUT ROAD
BRIGHTON RD(from
Alcester Rd to Kingswood Rd
One side only)
NEWPORT RD(one side
Only)


CHURCH RD
GRAYFIELD AVE
QUEENSWOOD RD
WOODHURST ROAD


SANDFORD ROAD
MERTON ROAD
BLOOMFIELD ROAD


ANDERTON PARK ROAD
(to Woodstock Rd only)
WOODSTOCK RD(one side
Only)


COPPICE ROAD
OAKLAND ROAD
FOREST ROAD
OAKLEAF DRIVE
ELM BANK


BELLE WALK
HIGHFIELD ROAD
APRIL CROFT
MAYFIELD ROAD


WAKE GREEN ROAD
(to Yardley Wood Rd
only)
LENCH CLOSE


GROVE AVENUE
COTTON LANE
POULTON CLOSE


ST AGNES RD
AVON DRIVE
ST AGNES CLOSE
MULBERRY DRIVE


REDFORD CLOSE
SHELSLEY DRIVE
LINKSWOOD CLOSE
DYOTT ROAD
COLMORE CRESCENT
NORTHLANDS ROAD
SOUTHLANDS ROAD
EASTLANDS ROAD
WESTLANDS ROAD


YARDLEY WOOD ROAD
(from Woodstock Rd
to Swanshurst Lane, one
side only)
COLDBATH RD – one side
Only
WHEELERS LANE(one side
Only)


PARK ROAD
AUGUSTA ROAD
AUGUSTA RD EAST
STRENSHAM HILL
THE HOLLOW
CAROLINE RD
EDGBASTON RD EAST
(one side only)
EDGBASTON RD –
(Salisbury Rd to Park Rd)


PARK HILL
CHANTRY ROAD


SALISBURY ROAD
SALISBURY CLOSE


MOORCROFT ROAD
AMESBURY RD
REDDINGS ROAD


RUSSELL ROAD
THE RUSSELLS
TORRIDON CROFT


GOODBY ROAD
MAPPERLEY GDNS
HOLDERS LANE
HOLDERS GDNS
HEATHER DALE
BOUNDARY DRIVE


MOOR GREEN LANE


CADINE GDNS
ELIZABETH ROAD
DADS LANE – ward
Side only
SHUTLOCK LANE
TILBURY GROVE
SEATON GROVE
YEW TREE ROAD
BRITANNIC GDNS
QUEENSBRIDGE RD


AVENUE ROAD
HIGHBURY RD


STATION ROAD


WESTFIELD ROAD
YORK ROAD


GRANGE ROAD
BANK ST


SOUTH ROAD
WATERLOO RD
BALACLAVA RD
SILVER ST
SILVERFIELD CLOSE
FAIRFIELD RD
WHITESMITHS CROFT
VICARAGE RD(from
Avenue Rd to High St –
One side only)


HOWARD RD EAST –
One side only
WHEELERS LANE –
One side only
BARN LANE
ALFRED ST
ALBERT RD
ALCESTER GDNS


MIDDLETON RD
OLIVE PLACE
NUTGROVE CLOSE
MOSSFIELD RD
BAGNEL ROAD
PORTMAN RD


ADDISON ROAD
BROOK LANE – ward
Side only


DRAYTON RD
GOLDSMITH RD
GADDESBY RD
RICHMOND PLACE


MELTON ROAD
INSTITUTE RD


HEATHFIELD RD
FLORENCE ROAD
CHESTNUT PLACE
QUEENS AVE
SPRINGFIELD ROAD