THE A13 is set for a clear up following an agreement between Thurrock Council and the Highways Agency.

The council’s chief executive Graham Farrant recently described the amount of litter roadside on the A13 as the worse he’d ever seen, but now the council have an agreement in place with Highways and its contractor Connect Plus to clean up the road and join forces to combat those who leave the road in a mess..

Connect Plus, the agency’s main contractor, has committed to clearing the current litter problem this week, adding to the 3,327 sacks of litter already cleared from the A13 this financial year.

Mr Farrant said: “In the past we have had people on bridges taking details of open-topped lorries spreading rubbish across our borough and I’ll be suggesting that again, along with anything we can do to stop this mess.

“Working with the Highways Agency is always something I would encourage and I shall be getting back to Mr Dalton (Highways chief) to explore the agency’s proposals in more detail.”

Thurrock Council is responsible for the A13 from the Dock Approach Road east to the Five Bells intersection. The Highways Agency controls and cleans the road from Wennington and then down the Dock Approach to the Asda roundabout.