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Agencies ignore ‘hazardous’ material dumped in Watson
DESPITE contacting four different agencies about construction material that’s been dumped at a walking track in Watson, a local resident is frustrated that four weeks on, it’s still there.
The resident, a “CityNews” reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, reports that waste construction material was dumped at the entrance of the Mount Majura Nature Park, on Tay Street, Watson, which leads to Clancy’s Walking Track, about a month ago.
He says the dumped material contains sharp metal fragments, concrete blocks, plastic and rubber waste.
Soil and weeds have since started to germinate in the debris, he says.
“[The dumped material] partially blocks the rain run-off drain and is a hazard to the children seen playing there in…
