UPDATE: Police investigate roadway fly-tipping

Police are investigating a fly-tipping incident in which a 30-metre stretch of road was blocked with debris.
'Flytipped' debris left on the roadway at Countryman Lane, Shipley. Photo: Malcolm Green SUS-180328-104830001'Flytipped' debris left on the roadway at Countryman Lane, Shipley. Photo: Malcolm Green SUS-180328-104830001
'Flytipped' debris left on the roadway at Countryman Lane, Shipley. Photo: Malcolm Green SUS-180328-104830001

The trail of rubbish strewn across the country road led to a delivery van being forced into a ditch as he tried to pass.

Local residents later hit out at the shocking fly-tipping which blocked much of Countryman Lane, Shipley, on Wednesday.

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Around 30 metres of the roadway was littered with building materials, pallets, tiles, and roofing debris.

Residents say there has been more recent fly-tipping in Lackenhurst Road and Saucelands Lane, Shipley.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said today: “Police are aware of rubble which was fly-tipped on Countryman Lane, Shipley, and was reported at 7am on Wednesday (March 28).

“Enquiries are taking place to establish who might have fly-tipped.”

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