WORK to remove fly tipping from Network Rail land in Bradford has been pushed back because of the “sheer volume” of rubbish dumped.

A frustrated Tyersal resident, who does not want to be named, got in touch with the Telegraph & Argus to share her upset at the mess - which her flat looks out on.

She says she has been in touch with Network Rail in a bid to solve the problem, but to no avail.

“It’s just a disgrace,” she said. “I feel like I’m being fobbed off.

“That’s what I look out on, it’s not nice. It’s an eyesore, it’s terrible.”

The woman feels “disheartened” by the situation.

“Why should I have to look out on that? Why don’t they want to do it?” she said.

A letter she received last March from Network Rail said: “We’ll always act quickly to remove rubbish that could affect safety.

“For example, if a shopping trolley was left on the tracks we’d remove it immediately.

“However, with 20,000 miles of track across the country, we cannot repeatedly remove general items of litter on an ad-hoc basis.

“Instead we have an ongoing intensive programme to clean-up the line on a section by section basis throughout the year, which involves arranging for the line to be closed for worker safety and for transportation of the collected litter.”

The letter then says the location has been added to the clean-up programme for later in 2019 and adds: “Please accept my apologies that as a publicly-funded organisation we do not have the available resources to attend to this sooner.”

But in a further letter, which the woman received towards the end of last month, Network Rail says: “Please accept my apologies that the fly tipping on the embankment close to your home was not removed as advised.

“The programme to remove the litter as advised was carried out, however due to the sheer volume of items that had been dumped by people, instead of working as far as Dick Lane, as planned, the team was only able to reach Planetrees Road instead.

“Rather than delay all subsequent work, the decision was taken to reschedule this remaining short section at the end of the programme.”

In response to the woman’s concerns, a Network Rail spokesperson said: “We are aware of the fly tipping problems in the Tyersal area and we are working hard to remove litter from this area.

“The railway is not a dumping ground for unwanted items and it’s incredibly thoughtless to throw rubbish onto the line.

“Not only is putting litter on the tracks dangerous, particularly if those doing it are trespassing, it’s also illegal and we work closely with the British Transport Police to stop this type of behaviour.

“We have carried our work to remove some of the litter from this section of the railway.

“However, due to the amount of rubbish here, some of this work has had to be rescheduled and will now take place in August.

“We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused and would encourage anyone who seen fly-tipping on the railway to report it to the British Transport Police.”

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