As the barricades come down at
Dale Farm, a friendly source at Calamity Hall reports that Swansea Council faces a similar dilemma over whether to clear an illegal traveller site. Next week's special cabinet meeting will asked what action, if any, is to be taken to remove caravans which have set up on the Swansea Vale commercial park.
The prime riverside site presently serves as a park & ride facility for Liberty Stadium on match days but is in danger of becoming an established camp ever since a member of the ruling group with
delusions of authority managed to screw up repossession attempts a few years back.
Over 54 tonnes of general waste, 4.5 tonnes of recycled material and 106 tyres have been removed from the site in recent times.
The cabinet is to be told that any action, i.e. removal measures, will incur "non-budgeted costs" and the inference is that nothing will be done as a result. We understand that the legal implications will be discussed in a separate report to heard in private session.
Inaction may not be an option however as complaints continue to mount from Swans fans and surrounding businesses. Whether Swansea has the bottle or the backing to effect a Basildon solution remains to be seen.
1 Comments:
Hague is a pillock and Holley is a bigger pillock for not sacking him. He was told not to get involved but with his usual arrogance he visited the site and personally told the families illegally camped on the land that they had a case. The council's lawyers were left looking like idiots when this came out in court.
He should be made to pay the legal fees out and the cost of clearing the shit away from his own pocket. The man is a fucking liability.
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