Trafford Council makes changes to its weed spraying plans for 2024

Trafford Council is to make some changes to the weed spraying from 2024.

They are to continue using the known carcinogen chemical ‘glyphosate‘ until another substance is found and will have North and a South teams dealing with spraying weeds.

We all saw the state of our paths and roads this year so its a good thing that the council has realised their is an issue and having two sets of teams working should help cut down the delays.

It’s also good news the council is no longer using glyphosate in our parks.

In a statement Councillor Stephen Adshead mentioned “our programme has been hit by the diverse effects of climate change – mainly the heavy rain” in 2023 we have had more dryer weather than wet so what he has said is a lame excuse at best.

Mr Adshead is though correct to point out that as a result of Climate Change Trafford and actually the entire country will see more rain than we will see dry weather in the future, as of now we are in an El Nino and this will mean unstable weather this winter which has nothing to do with Climate Change.

Cllr Stephen Adshead, Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Environmental Services and Traded Services, said: “Our specialist weed spraying programme covers thousands of streets across Trafford each year and is very effective in controlling the growth of weeds on our land.

“However, our programme has been hit by the diverse effects of climate change – mainly the heavy rain – and we apologise to residents for any delays in our work. To provide residents with a better service, and to speed up our work, we have decided to split our operation between north and south Trafford and have two teams working in those particular areas.”