A RESIDENT has called for a solution to be found to tackle litter piling up on Barrow Island.

Sue Abbott has highlighted the mountain of rubbish gathering in and around the area within Sloop Street, Steamer Street, Schooner Street and Ship Street.

It is understood the area is inaccessible because of work going on to landscape the site as part of a regeneration project.

Mrs Abbott has continued to email Barrow Borough Council about the issue, which she says needs to be resolved as soon as possible.

In one email sent to The Mail and the council, she said: "Once again I find the need to have to make contact with you regarding the diabolical state of the environment which I have to contend with on a daily basis.

"No rubbish collection has been made for at least a week and I was informed that we would be getting twice weekly collections.

"I have heard that this is due to the fact that there is no access. Can residents please see a noted improvement in the near future?"

The Maritime Streets project will see £1m spent on in the section of land bordered by Ship Street, Schooner Street, Sloop Street and Steamer Street.

The work started in February and is due to take around five months to complete, which means hopefully it won't be long before the rubbish is accessible to bin wagons.

In 2013, Barrow Borough Council lodged a brief with the Landscape Institute for a competition to improve the public areas in and around the flats on Barrow Island.

The design has been drawn up by Farrer Huxley Associates and James Smith, the team selected by Barrow Borough Council to lead the project after £1m was secured from the government’s Clusters of Empty Homes Fund.

The project will include creating a number of unique sensory spaces connected by paths, paving, planting, lawns, a play area and growing areas.

The plan also involves creating a restricted parking zone for residents only. Parking spaces will fall from 146 to 98.