Hume ratepayers to pay to fix tyre marks in Roxburgh Park after rubbish truck gets bogged
A rogue rubbish truck driver has dug up a Roxburgh Park oval after getting bogged while making a questionable shortcut, leaving Hume ratepayers to foot the repair bill.
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Hume ratepayers will be forced to foot the bill to repair massive divots after a rogue council rubbish truck driver got bogged in a public park in Roxburgh Park.
Stunned locals were left shaking their heads on Wednesday morning when the driver got stuck trying to take a cheeky shortcut across a soggy Boydon Square oval.
Witnesses told the Leader the divot holes were nearly six inches deep.
Photos from the scene show almost a quarter of the height of the truck’s tyres buried in thick mud, with a tractor required to be brought in to rescue the vehicle.
Hume Council Sustainable Infrastructure and Services director Peter Waite saidan internal investigation had been undertaken into the incident and drivers had been reminded about “best practice”.
Mr Waite said it was expected to cost $400 to repair the tyre marks.
“Council usually avoids driving vehicles over wet grassed areas to limit damage to the surface,” Mr Waite said.
“You will generally only see council vehicles on grassed areas when access for heavy equipment is necessary or when maintaining the area.
“Our drivers have been reminded about standard procedures and best practice.
“An internal investigation has been undertaken into the incident.”
Roxburgh Park mum-of-three Stephanie Crisp described the incident as “ludicrous”.
“You just can’t use it until the divots get fixed – the kids could hurt themselves,” she said.
“It’s a mud pit, like a marsh when it gets wet.
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Ms Crisp said there were ongoing issues with people riding dirt bikes and cars doing burnouts on the oval late at night.
“They need to put fencing around the whole park to stop cars getting into it,” she said.
Mr Waite said no other Hume rubbish trucks had become bogged in the last year.