CaRT is 'Completely barmy' says MP

THE MP for South Staffordshire, Gavin Williamson, has called a decision by the Canal & River Trust 'completely barmy' for refusing to remove graffiti from one of its canal bridges.

Unsightly graffiti

The bridge over the Staffs & Worcester Canal is plastered with unsightly graffiti, but the Trust has claimed it cannot be removed as it is not offensive, Mick Fitzgibbons tells us, with The MP responding:

"It's totally out of order, utterly ridiculous and completely barmy and irresponsible. Wombourne is a beautiful village, the canal is one of its many great assets and having that dreadful graffiti there is dreadful."

Little joy from CaRT

Many residents getting little joy from CaRT have contacted the MP about the dreadful state of the bridge, who in turn contacted the Trust but was told that owing to limited resources, it can only address offensive graffiti—from what we have seen we do not believe this qualifies as offensive.

So the graffiti stays, unless 'local authorities are prepared to fund the work of removing'.

The previous excuse by the then British Waterways for not removing graffiti on bridges in the area in the past was because 'only specialists could scrub it off' and it would cost £2,000.