Speed boat marooned in Wishaw industrial estate as councillor blasts fly-tippers

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An abandoned speed boat is one of several items marooned in a Wishaw industrial estate.And a local councillor is calling on residents to get into ship shape and report dumb dumpers for fly-tipping.Conservative Central Wishaw councillor Bob Burgess made the plea after the discovery of the boat in Netherton Industrial Estate along with other items.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Better still get us photographs, car and van registration numbers get genuine companies to pick up your waste.“All this money we are spending on fly-tipping should be going to improving the lives of the people in Wishaw and the same goes for the whole of North Lanarkshire.”Councillor Burgess also highlighted fly-tipping in other parts of Netherton as well as Pather and Gowkthrapple.A council spokesperson said: “CCTV at Netherton Industrial Estate shows a