LITTERBUGS in the Ribble Valley are to get short shrift under tough new measures aimed at protecting the environment.
Ribble Valley Borough Council is to use new powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act to tackle litter and abandoned vehicles.
Armed with on-the-spot fines ranging from £50 to £500, the council can now ask residents to tidy up land and ask takeaway food outlets, pubs and shops, to keep the street outside their premises litter-free.
The Act also allows them to tackle nuisance parking, abandoned vehicles and noise pollution.
Robert Thompson, chairman of Ribble Valley Council's community committee, said: "People want clean, safe and quiet neighbourhoods.
"Dropping litter and abandoning vehicles in countryside will no longer be tolerated."
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