Filthy Foss (From York Press)
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Filthy Foss
11:48am Saturday 11th February 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
I COULD not agree more with Howard Peters about the deplorable state of the River Foss in the city centre (Letters, February 7).
I also live in an apartment overlooking the river and the view of litter and buildings defaced with graffiti is a depressing one.
York is a city that is hoping to be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and yet the council seems happy to let a river that runs right through the centre of the city to become derelict.
The riverside walk area should, and could, be an area of great beauty. As Mr Peter points out, a boat is supposedly used for cleaning purposes.
Most of the time it lies tied up. When I do spot it on the river it appears to be on some sort of pleasure cruise. Why is the Foss such a mess and is there anything we can do to urge the authorities to clean it up?
Gail Murden John Walker House, York.
Comments(5)
hustler
says...
4:02pm Sat 11 Feb 12
The council-owned boat has been moored up opposite Foss Islands Road, near the footbridge for a few years now - it never seems to move, and is, itself, a bit of a carbuncle.
old_geezer
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8:51pm Sat 11 Feb 12
Brickyard
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3:40pm Sun 12 Feb 12
Willy Eckerslike
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5:14pm Mon 13 Feb 12
keepitshut says...
3:39pm Sat 11 Feb 12
I once lost part of my fishing rod on the stretch of river along Huntington Road, i rang the Council and asked if the crew could retrieve it next time they were out cleaning. Two days later there was a knock at my door and one of the lads handed me the rod, they had got the boat out, rowed up to Huntington Road, retrieved my rod and rowed back, i must add, in there own time!
Then in 2007 they were all relieved of there river cleaning duties and it was given to another department of the Council for whatever reason.......bad move!