Belsize Police crack down on car offences

Officers from the Belsize Safer Neighbourhoods Team recently took part in a remarkably successful two day operation to check vehicles using Adelaide Road. During the sting 54 cars were ticketed for either failing to display their tax or for not having a valid tax disc. Fourteen commercial vehicles were found to be carrying waste without a licence. One driver was given a ticket for failing to wear a seatbelt and 26 drivers were issued verbal warnings for other offences such as inadequate seat belts for children, using mobile phones, defective lights etc.

Belsize has three grass verges

Belsize has three parks (Antrim Gardens, Primrose Gardens and Adelaide Road Nature Reserve) and three grass verges. How do I know that? Because yesterday Arthur and I went on a walkabout with Camden's head of parks and open spaces. As a result he's promised to replace the notice board in Primrose Gardens and block off the short cut through the flower bed that some anti-social dog owners use. But actually the reason we invited him to Belsize was because we wanted to talk about the grass verges!

At a recent Safer Neighbourhoods Panel meeting residents asked who was responsible for the litter on Belsize Avenue's grass verges. Someone from the Council said it was the responsibility of Parks and Open Spaces. But it's not. They're only responsible for cutting the grass. It's Street Services (ie Veolia) that are responsible for keeping the verges litter-free. So now we know who to contact they've been cleaned up. All part and parcel of the job of making Belsize a green, safer, happier place to live.