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Published:
May 13, 2008
Clean
up Burnham-On-Sea's beach, urges angry councillor
 The
"disgraceful" state of Burnham-On-Sea's beach was highlighted
by an angry town councillor this week as he called for action
to clean it up.
Cllr
John Morgan wants more regular council cleaning of the beach between
Maddock's Slade and the town's low lighthouse.
"I
walked along this stretch of beach at the weekend and it was absolute
disgrace," he told Monday evening's town council meeting.
"We
have one and a half million tourists visiting us every year at
this time so why, when you go abroad, are the beaches of holiday
resorts cleaned every morning and yet in Burnham we can only rarely
clean parts of our beach?"
"More
of the business rates paid by our local companies should be used
to support local tourism," he said.
Town
clerk Eileen Shaw said she and a group of business leaders had
recently toured the town to identify areas of Burnham that needed
improvement and she said "we found several areas are not
being properly cleaned."
Doug
Bamsey, Corporate Director of Sedgemoor District Council, said
he would take up the matter with his council's Clean Surroundings
Team.
It
comes just a week after firms at Burnham Chamber of Trade's AGM
also highlighted the
problem of dirty pavements and streets in the town.
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