The trial will be from June to September, with proposed hours 5pm-8pm
Ards and North Down is set to expand its Household Recycling Centre opening hours in a trial set for this summer.
At the council’s Environment Committee meeting on Wednesday, DUP Alderman Naomi Armstrong Cotter said: “Of course we want the opening hours reverting back to what they were pre-Covid. We changed them then, and we haven’t changed back.” She added: “We’d all like to see them open most nights I am sure, but that doesn’t seem to be a possibility with our financing, therefore I would like to ask we extend the for summer opening hours.”
Alliance Councillor Patricia Morgan said: “While I making the HRCs as accessible and convenient as possible for residents, I also think we have to be very mindful of our budgets. We don’t actually have any indication of demand and desire for this.” It adds: “As part of the rates setting process for 2025 – 2026, officers have considered the reintroduction of limited opening of the HRCs during the months of July and August, from 5.00pm to 8.00pm, to accommodate residents who are unable to visit sites during the existing schedule of opening hours across the week.”
At the December meeting of the Ards and North Down Council Environment Committee, elected representatives congratulated officers on the savings, which were announced as part of the waste management performance statistics update.
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