Video footage has revealed the shocking state of a motorway verge strewn with rubbish - as campaigners blast the national roads agency for not doing enough to combat litter problems.
Clips taken on the M58 motorway near Wigan, on Monday (July 15) shows the side of the carriageway strewn with discarded food wrappers and bottles.
Campaign group Clean Up Britain shared the footage online and slammed National Highways for not ensuring that its contractors cleaned up properly.
The agency previously claimed that 60 per cent of the network had little or no litter. READ MORE Father-of-four who went out to celebrate the Euros final fights for life in hospital after 'unprovoked' 4am attack But in response to a Freedom of Information request from Clean Up Britain in 2022, they admitted: "We don’t undertake audits of our contractors’ work for litter clearance.” Referencing that comment on social media, Clean Up Britain posted the clip and said: "What a massive dereliction of duty and waste of public money.
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