A fly tipping spot that made locals ashamed of inviting friends over has finally been fenced off according to Birmingham City Council . The spot, on the corner of Boulton Road and Haseley Road , was a graveyard of sofas, gutted fridges and waste that attracted rats and mice. Despite residents and business owners complaining for years to the authority, the body claimed it was privately-owned land and it could not take action.
But city environment boss Coun Majid Mahmood posted an update on September 18, that new owners had cleared and boarded up the land. The X post read: "As a result of direct action by our brilliant Birmingham City Council waste enforcement team, the new owners of private land at Haseley Road in the Soho and Jewellery Quarter ward that was subject to repeated fly-tipping have cleared and fenced off the land. "We very much appreciate the cooperation of the new owners as soon as they became aware of the problem; it shows what can be done when we all work together.
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