Biggest Ever Fly-Tipping Sites Discovered Off A6

The biggest ever flytipping sites in the Harborough District have been discovered along two hidden dead-end roads off the A6 bypass between Kibworth and Great Glen.

Flytipping off A6 bypass

The massive amount of household and construction waste, piled over a metre high in places and stretching along the entire length of the roads, is likely to have been dumped over several months.

Harborough Council has drafted in a specialist team of contractors using a digger to start clearing the sites and move the rubbish into large waste container.

Flytipping site off A6 bypass

They are the biggest ever illegal flytipping sites to be found in the Harborough District and an investigation is now underway in a bid to find out who dumped the rubbish and where it came from.

Kevin Feltham, County Councillor for the area, has been to see it for himself:

The big clean-up began yesterday and is set to continue until tomorrow.

The dumped rubbish stretched along the whole road

Bollards have now been installed at both sites in a bid to stop vehicles getting into the roads and prevent flytipping there in the future.

The clean-up nearing completion on one of the roads

The cleared road & rubbish packed into a lorry

Anyone who has information about who was responsible for the flytipping should visit www.harborough.gov.uk/tip-off