A pissed off father has hit out at waste collectors after bins have been left strewn throughout the road blocking the footpath for his wheelchair utilizing daughter.
Colin Pidgeon referred to as on Lisburn and Castlereagh Metropolis Council (LCCC) to scrub up its act following the incident in Dundonald on September 2.
The economist mentioned his 17-year-old daughter Rosie, who suffers from lengthy Covid, struggled to manoeuvre her powered wheelchair out of their house and out onto the road as a result of space being plagued by caddies.
The Belfast Met scholar and former Irish dancing champion has suffered with the debilitating sickness for the final 12 months.
Talking in regards to the incident, Mr Pidgeon mentioned: “My daughter is a wheelchair consumer, her life is tough sufficient with out recycling guys leaving our road in such a state, this isn't acceptable. The problem was the pavement shouldn't be significantly huge.
“Often vehicles are parked partly up on the trail. In these situations, it's not doable to get Rosie’s motorised wheelchair via the hole. Nonetheless, on this morning it was worse as a result of the recycling bins have been strewn far and wide.
“A wheelchair consumer can not probably transfer them out of the best way to get previous.
“It causes me stress to think about her struggling on her personal to get previous obstructions to get to the Glider (bus) cease.
Lisburn and Castlereagh Metropolis Council mentioned it will examine the problem additional with its contracted waste processors.
Responding to a media question, Bryson Recycling mentioned: “We wish to apologise for the inconvenience prompted to this resident.
“We are going to be sure that all assortment crews are reminded of the significance of returning containers correctly and can monitor the state of affairs going ahead.”