Current status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what impact litter abatement orders have on keeping roads clean.
Litter Abatement Orders support the fulfilment of a duty to keep roads clean, created by the Environmental Protection Act 1990. People who are concerned about unclean roads can make a summary application to the Sheriff Court. The Sheriff will consider the evidence and whether to grant a Litter Abatement Order which requires the body responsible for the road to resolve the problem.