Petitions

Petition tracker No.

Subject of petition

Date received 

Summary of Medway Council's response

Outcome of review

(if requested) 

2

The council to provide wheelie bins for recyclable and general waste instead of refuse bags.

5 August 2024

Medway Council is commissioning a waste strategy to identify and appraise options for waste collection and disposal in Medway. An important part of the waste strategy review and recommendations will be engaging with Medway residents to understand their priorities. The waste strategy will include a review of waste containers, and this petition will be included in the research.

Due to the old Victorian-style terraced houses, hillside and long alleyway collections, there are a significant number of households in Medway that are not suitable for wheeled bins or can only support one wheeled bin. In 2010 the decision was made that the garden and food waste service would be the only wheeled bin collection as this would offer the best containment for the food waste items that attract animal attack.

No review requested

1

The council to install double yellow lines 10ft either side of the entrance to Thorndike House, Chatham to enable vehicles to safely exit and to prohibit vehicles parking on the pavement enabling disability scooters to use the path.

20 May 2024

The location referred to in the petition is on the Transport and Parking Service’s 2024-25 Works Programme. Requests for new parking enforcement restrictions are prioritised within a programme of works each year to ensure that our available resource is put to best use on schemes which have the highest need.

Whilst the council is unable to give an exact timescale for when the statutory 21-day consultation on the new parking restrictions will commence, please be assured that the council will be taking this scheme forward to public consultation as soon as it is able to do so.

No review requested