VICRoads and the City of Casey have been urged to work together to clean a build-up of rubbish along a fallen brick wall in Endeavour Hills
Resident Teofil Barbu joined Narre Warren North Luke Donnellan MP on Tuesday to inspect land along Heatherton Road which they said had been left in a dangerous mess for months.
The site east of the Endeavour Hills Police Station is riddled with falling branches, rubbish and debris.
Mr Donnellan said he hoped the City of Casey and VicRoads could work together to ensure their contractors cleaned the mess up.
“Residents don’t care about the City of Casey and VicRoads passing the buck on the issue – they just want the mess cleaned up,” Mr Donnellan said.
“We have a large build-up of rubbish in fallen dead branches, broken bottles along a falling down brick wall and a lot of barbed wire exposed along the fenceline.
“It seems strange that this rusted concrete and barbed wire fence is still here. It serves no purpose with no livestock around; and it poses a risk to pedestrians, especially families with young children.”
Mr Donnellan said Heatherton Road was a continual problem and was being ignored by authorities responsible for it. Some of the land adjacent to Heatherton Road is the responsibility of VicRoads, while some is the responsibility of the City of Casey.
He said he would be writing to both the City of Casey and VicRoads regarding the matter.
A spokesperson for VicRoads said a site inspection on Tuesday revealed that there was no excess debris or rubbish on Heatherton Road, east of the Endeavour Hills Police Station.
“The site was found to be in an acceptable and safe condition,” the VicRoads spokesperson said.
“VicRoads will continue to regularly inspect roads under our management to ensure they remain safe for all road users.”
City of Casey Manager Parks and Reserves Trevor Griffin said that over the last 12 months, the council was progressively improving the visual amenity of verges along Heatherton Road under its control, with ongoing pruning and levelling of the areas taking place.
“This has been combined with regular grass cutting and litter collection every three weeks,” Mr Griffin said.
“Illegal rubbish dumping and vandalism does continue to contribute to the untidiness of some areas. Council works with contractors, who may need specialised equipment to clean these areas, which sometimes means the process can take longer than normal.”
