Village residents given access to neighbouring tip
People in a village in the north of the Isle of Man have been told they can take their waste to a firm in a neighbouring parish after a row over payments for a tip.
Bride Commissioners last week announced they would no longer contribute ratepayers’ funds towards the operation of the Northern Civic Amenity Site.
As a result, those using the tip since the weekend have had to provide proof address, with Bride residents excluded.
However, the local authority has now confirmed it has made alternative arrangements for its ratepayers with a waste management company in Andreas.
The local authority said its residents could dispose of all items except food waste at the Northern Scrap Metals and Ramsey Skips site, known locally as Birchall’s, based at Andreas airfield.
An extra bin had also been placed in the commissioners’ car park “for people who do not benefit from having waste collected by the bin men”, it added.
Extra bin
The local authority previously said it could no longer afford to pay the £65,000 contribution to the civic amenity site each year.
As a result of Bride Commissioners’ decision withdraw its funding, the board that runs the tip gave the Department of Infrastructure notice to terminate its contract to operate it at the end of the financial year.
The board, which took over operation of the site from the government in 2017, is made up of representatives of the Ramsey, Ballaugh, Lezayre, Garff, Andreas, Jurby, and Bride.
The department itself said it would work with the board to will “in the coming months with the aim of the site remaining in full operation next year”.
Additional reporting by Emma Draper, Local Democracy Reporter.
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