Council's £300 pay-out for damage by wagon

10:00pm Wednesday 25th July 2012 in Reviews

COUNCIL chiefs have paid out £300 to a resident whose road was damaged by a refuse vehicle.

The money was given to a homeowner from High Peak Road in Whitworth, but others living on the street are unhappy that they have been overlooked for compensation.

The road is unadopted which means each section of the road is owned by the person who lives there.

Mr Terence Burke, who lives on the road, said he and his neighbours were disappointed to find that only one person had been given money for the damage caused.

Council leader Alyson Barnes explained she was unsure why more residents hadn’t been consulted.

Chief Executive Helen Lockwood said the council would look at its powers and contact the group.

Coun Christine Lamb blamed the damage on a poorly parked car which caused the bin lorry to skid

Comments (2)

1:15pm Fri 27 Jul 12

woolywords says...

Has Cllr Lamb considered the possibility that the person operating the vehicle has a duty of care towards any obstacles in the way and should be competent enough to send out a person to ensure that nothing is struck, instead of relying upon a poorly installed and maintained CCTV camera to make a judgement.

Am sure that the owners of vehicles parked in Dyson St, Blackburn would appreciate if the binmen just owned up to hitting a properly parked car, instead of hoping that nobody noticed their illegal manoeuvre of reversing from Infirmary Road to the betting shop. It's all about the distance that they travel, in reverse, according to the Highway Code, Reg 106 of the Construction And Use Regulations 1986, which makes it illegal.
Has Cllr Lamb considered the possibility that the person operating the vehicle has a duty of care towards any obstacles in the way and should be competent enough to send out a person to ensure that nothing is struck, instead of relying upon a poorly installed and maintained CCTV camera to make a judgement. Am sure that the owners of vehicles parked in Dyson St, Blackburn would appreciate if the binmen just owned up to hitting a properly parked car, instead of hoping that nobody noticed their illegal manoeuvre of reversing from Infirmary Road to the betting shop. It's all about the distance that they travel, in reverse, according to the Highway Code, Reg 106 of the Construction And Use Regulations 1986, which makes it illegal. woolywords

2:28pm Fri 27 Jul 12

spendmymoneywisely says...

It's all very well giving money to the person nearest the damage but what happens if that person doesn't spend the money on repairing the road?. I assume it requires a civil action which will cost the other residents dear. As £300 is a paltry amount one must assume the damage was only slight &, to my mind, it would be far more sensible if RBC or LCC had just effected the repair themselves. They are probably frightened of residents using it as a lever to get the road adopted but that could be avoided simply by effecting the repairs on a 'without prejudice' basis.
It's all very well giving money to the person nearest the damage but what happens if that person doesn't spend the money on repairing the road?. I assume it requires a civil action which will cost the other residents dear. As £300 is a paltry amount one must assume the damage was only slight &, to my mind, it would be far more sensible if RBC or LCC had just effected the repair themselves. They are probably frightened of residents using it as a lever to get the road adopted but that could be avoided simply by effecting the repairs on a 'without prejudice' basis. spendmymoneywisely

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