MAUGHOLD Commissioners say that the local authority will try to ensure that anyone found fly-tipping will go to court.
Recent isolated incidents of fly-tipping have concerned board members because the parish is generally a green, beautiful place, said clerk Martin Royle.
The commissioners want to get to the bottom of an incident of fly-tipping at Dreemskerry Plantation, where there was fly-tipping three years ago, when several television sets and other equipment were dumped.
Recently a large number of bags have been left opposite the entrance to the quarry. They were filled with plastic bottles, milk cartons, cans and bottles, as well as snack and general refreshment packaging.
Maughold experiences fly-tipping several times a year, but the commissioners believe it is no more than anywhere else in the island.
Mr Royle, who stated these incidents were isolated and that the parish was a generally clean and green place, said: ‘The commissioners work closely with the northern neighbourhood policing team when tipping occurs.
‘It is usually very difficult to identify the culprit, but several years ago a conviction was successfully made against an individual who had tipped electrical goods in Maughold.
‘We probably have the same frequency of fly-tipping as other areas. It is an all-island problem as the recent occurrence in the west has shown.
‘Local residents are an excellent source of help and we are often provided with information. The commissioners wish to make it clear to anyone considering fly-tipping that they will prosecute anyone who undertakes this highly antisocial act.’
Maughold ratepayers are left to foot the bill of the cost of clearance of the dumped items.
There are no specific locations for the fly-tipping, which is quite random and usually occurs beside a remote section of road such as the Gooseneck to Hibernia road. However, the commissioners have experienced it in locations such as at the Maughold Brooghs car park and along the road down to Port Cornaa.
The commissioners have already contacted residents in the area of Dreemskerry Plantation asking them to notify them of any suspicious behaviour in the area.
Anyone with any information about the culprits should contact the commissioners’ warden on 422148 or Ramsey police on 812234.
