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so they're going to check with supervisor and get back to me.
"Yes..., yes Mr Hippy we are writing it all down..."
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Finally got around to calling council about the abandoned bikes here and they're not sure if they can remove them. I explained that I can't (theft?) and just leaving them to rust isn't great solution for anyone so they're going to check with supervisor and get back to me.
They have powers to do this, but many don't know about them. I can't remember exactly how it works, but they have to leave a notice on the bike for a fortnight, and if it's not gone by then, they can remove it.
Years ago, the LCC fought a battle against powers proposed by Westminster and K&C (IIRC) in a London Local Authorities Bill to simply remove bikes without notice. It was suspected at the time that what was behind it was that Westminster wanted to charge for bike parking (forcing people to use locations where they could be charged).
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Finally got around to calling council about the abandoned bikes here and they're not sure if they can remove them. I explained that I can't (theft?) and just leaving them to rust isn't great solution for anyone so they're going to check with supervisor and get back to me.