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28 Station Road, Castle Bytham
Sent to Lincolnshire County Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 2812124.
(This is what I sent to the council but with more photos. They told me that it is under your area so to forward the information onto yourselves)
We noticed rats starting to appear around early March but we were trying to deal with them ourselves so I only rang for advice on the 17th June. I don't know if the bank (see pic 1) is highway or still part of the council property. It started off with a main rat hole but has since expanded to 16 on the last count. As you can see, we keep the hedge cut, the grass and weeds cut and there is no food source near the homes. They have started burrowing from the bank into the gardens, for the holes in our garden we put rat poison down the, fill it with gravel and then put bricks over to prevent them coming back up. My cats do catch a few but they don't really like them. They have been in mine and my neighbours houses which is gross as we keep tidy homes. I don't dare put poison down on the bank in case a child or a pet somehow touches it and gets ill or even worse. Now the bank itself has started to slide in the last two months. The earth they have moved to burrow now is sliding down the bank onto the pavement. We sweep it up every week but we are worried that it will destabilise the bank and it could slide much further over the path. I know you don't do pest control anymore but please could we get some advice on how to handle this as they are dirty, germy and making a big colony under our garden. Thank you, Debbie Leverseidge
Updates
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Thanks for letting us know about your issue with a collapsed verge. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about verge damage on our website
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Thank you for your report. We will investigate and make an update to this report within 14 days.
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Great news, we’ve had a look at the issue and we have now passed to our Highways Officers for the team to assess what can be done to resolve the matter. We’ll let you know when the assessment has taken place.
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There are now many more holes in the bank even though my cat is killing a couple each day.
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Progress! We’ve completed our investigation and works are now planned. Once we know when work is due to take place we will let you know.
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We have an update. Our highways team have issued this work out to one of their delivery gangs. We’ll let you know when the job is complete.
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Great news, we’ve had a look at the issue and we have now passed to our Highways Officers for the team to assess what can be done to resolve the matter. We’ll let you know when the assessment has taken place.
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Just to let you know this issue has turned out to be more complicated than we first thought. We need to take this on for more investigation. We will let you know the situation as soon as we can. Thanks for bearing with us.
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Thank you for your enquiry with regard to the alleged rats in the vicinity of your property. In this instance we don’t intend on taking immediate/further action with your report. We will however, continue to monitor this location during our routine inspections and will review the situation if the structure of the highway becomes compromised and causes a highway safety concern. Whilst South Kesteven District Council Environmental Services do not offer a pest control service, they can provide general advice on pest control issues, it may be worthwhile approaching them to see if they can assist or offer any advice to you on this matter. Details can be found on their website: Pest control | South Kesteven District Council Thank you for reporting this matter.
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