Dear Councillor Ioannou
Thank you for your enquiry regarding leaves and litter along the public footpath from Waterfall Road to Balaams Lane
During the Autumn period leaves are an issue across the borough and the regular cleansing teams struggle to cope, we therefore bring in additional staff to aid with heavily affected roads
However due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the national shortage of drivers and other staff, we were struggling to find additional agency workers to fill all of our extra teams
As Enfield is one of the greenest boroughs in London our limited resources will take time to deal with the problem areas as there are so many
This footpath was identified as needing the attention of the extra team and was cleared of leaves on the 1st and 2ndFebruary 2022 , hopefully this will ensure the regular team is able to maintain the standards, but if necessary they will receive additional help again as required
Yours sincerely
Enfield Council please stop using COVID-19 as an excuse – we are not in a lockdown like 2020 or “peak” with extended self isolation any more.