Fly-tipping Five cameras ruled out due to high cost

FIVE new mobile cameras used to catch fly-tippers would be too expensive to maintain and connect to the internet so they have been ruled out.

- Alex SEABROOK

Fly-tipping is blighting many parts of Bristol and councillors voted last year to invest in new cameras, but now these won't actually be bought.

Littering fines were also due to increase too, by £100, after Bristol City Council passed a motion put forward by Labour in March last year. Instead these will only be increased by £25. The motion called for a range of actions to clamp down on fly-tipping.

An update on the work since Labour's motion was given to the environment policy committee on Thursday, February 26. Councillors voted to scrap the plan for the five new cameras and slightly raise littering fines. Labour criticised the decision and said the cameras were needed.

Green Councillor Martin Fodor, committee chair, said: "I know it's taken a while but I think we've got something that's been well worth waiting for. This year we've put money in the budget to tackle some of these things, like more fly-tipping clearances, enforcement and monitoring."