Speaker 1: Do you drive along Henry Lawson Drive at Padstow Heights
Speaker 1: or specifically Alford's Point Road, River Road, Resby because I
Speaker 1: received this message from James. James says I wanted to
Speaker 1: bring up an issue regarding Henry Lawson Drive Padstow Heights.
Speaker 1: There are a number of large heavy vehicles trucks parked
Speaker 1: alongside the road where they're serviced and they're washed, looks
Speaker 1: like they've been abandoned. On top of that, people seem
Speaker 1: to be dumping rubbish there. There are currently about four
Speaker 1: piles in that section. I've co tacked the local council.
Speaker 1: Nothing's being done well. I've been sent some of the
Speaker 1: photos and we're not talking bags of rubbish being dumped.
Speaker 1: Looking at the photos, lots of tires, old tires. There
Speaker 1: is a piano or maybe it's an organ that's been
Speaker 1: dumped and a lot of other rubbish one three one
Speaker 1: eight seven three. If if you're from that area, have
Speaker 1: you seen the rubbish that's dumped along Henry Lawson Drive.
Speaker 1: Now we contacted the Canterbury Banks Down Council about this.
Speaker 1: They say Henry Lawson Drive is a state owned road
Speaker 1: and the respect coonstibility falls on the RMS, having said
Speaker 1: that if counselor is made aware of dump rubbish, steps
Speaker 1: are taken to ensure it's removed. Recently a councilor report
Speaker 1: outline some of the measures being undertaken to prevent illegal dumping.
Speaker 1: Transport for New South Wales. Who's sort of response from them?
Speaker 1: They say dumping is a serious offense. Transport for New
Speaker 1: South Wales has identify where this is locating. We're working
Speaker 1: with the appropriate contractor to remove the offending material. If
Speaker 1: people witness I legal dumping, you can make a report. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's talk to James. James, tell me what happened? What
Speaker 1: did you see?
Speaker 2: Hi Clinton, thanks for having me on look. I contacted
Speaker 2: to raise you about this ongoing issue at Henry Lawson
Speaker 2: Drive at Padstow Heights, especially between that section of though
Speaker 2: that you're talking about. What started to be one or
Speaker 2: two trucks about four years ago has now become a
Speaker 2: makeshift truck devot with about thirty heavy vehicles and trailers
Speaker 2: regularly parked there, and I noticed them being washed and
Speaker 2: serviced on the road side, which is causing what I
Speaker 2: think would be possible serious environmental concerns. It's also a
Speaker 2: safety issue. It's on a blind corner, so when the
Speaker 2: trucks are pulling out of there, there's been a lot
Speaker 2: of misses that I've witnessed, and I'm sure other people
Speaker 2: have witnessed as well. This spot is on the Georgia's
Speaker 2: River catchment. It's right alongside Little Salt Pen Creek and
Speaker 2: the Georgias River National Park, and it supports a vital
Speaker 2: aquatic mangrove ecosystem, and they run off from these oils
Speaker 2: and detergents and waste. You know, it threatens these areas
Speaker 2: which are critical for the quality of the water in
Speaker 2: our local wildlife. And to make it worse, it's just
Speaker 2: been used as a dumping ground. This has been happening
Speaker 2: for years. The locals are fully aware of it.
Speaker 1: So I guess you had two issues, he James. You
Speaker 1: have the fact that the trucks are parked there so
Speaker 1: using as you point out, as a depot. But it's
Speaker 1: the rubbish that's been left behind, which I'm assuming some
Speaker 1: of it's coming from these trucks.
Speaker 2: I'm not blaming these truck drivers. They've got to park
Speaker 2: their trucks somewhere, but I believe it's not the appropriate
Speaker 2: location to park them. But there's trades people and that
Speaker 2: are just been reverting their dump trucks. They're their little
Speaker 2: tippers and their trailers and then just chucking the stuff
Speaker 2: out and doing the runner.
Speaker 1: I wonder whether maybe it's and we're just speculating here,
Speaker 1: whether some people are dumping all this garbage. And as
Speaker 1: I mentioned that, we're not talking just bags of rubbish.
Speaker 1: There are a piano and one of the photos have
Speaker 1: been sent because those trucks are parked there. Whether they
Speaker 1: think they can hide the rubbish effectively behind those trucks.
Speaker 2: One hundred percent. Yes, it seems to be more behind
Speaker 2: the trucks than than out in the open. But there's
Speaker 2: a little park that no one uses unfortunately. It's a
Speaker 2: beautiful little spot where the ROMs does truck inspections and
Speaker 2: that's a regular dumping spot too.
Speaker 1: Okay, thanks letting us know about that. I'm going to
Speaker 1: put you in the running for our Word on the Street.
Speaker 1: We want to actually get this rectified, obviously by the
Speaker 1: local Council of Transport for New South Wales. Good on you, James.
Speaker 2: Thank you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you see something around Sydney that we should
Speaker 1: know about, that's what word on the street is all
Speaker 1: about word on the street for temper, a great night's sleep,
Speaker 1: night after night. The difference is temper and James is
Speaker 1: going on the running to win our temper cooling pillows tomorrow.
Speaker 1: So if you see something like this, let us know,
Speaker 1: but been trigued to know whether you've actually passed this
Speaker 1: spot Henry Lawson Drive. Look, it's such a busy part
Speaker 1: of Sydney and Padstow where there's just this piano. Actually
Speaker 1: looks like it's been sitting there by the side of
Speaker 1: the road for about a year. I don't know how
Speaker 1: long it's been there for. So Transport in New South
Speaker 1: Wales that they say we take this issue seriously dumping.
Speaker 1: If you witness a legal dumping, you can make a
Speaker 1: report through rid rid online, which is rid online, dot EPA,
Speaker 1: dot NSW, dot gov, dot AU. And the council is saying, look,
Speaker 1: it's a state owned road, so effectively it's the responsibility
Speaker 1: of Transport for New South Wales. But if you see
Speaker 1: similar things around Sydney, let me know about it. One three,
Speaker 1: one eight seven three is our number. If it's happening
Speaker 1: in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney Now with Clinton
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