BIDSTON Recycling Centre will close for two weeks for essential maintenance works later this month.

Based on Wallasey Bridge Road, the tip will close from Friday, November 29 at 5pm until Saturday, December 14 at 8am.

The closure will allow Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) to complete a range of works including changing access to the site for vans via a new barrier system plus a stop and check point on the entrance way to the Recycling Centre.

With the site temporarily closed there will be no access to the Household Waste Recycling Centre entrance on Wallasey Bridge Road or to the Centre at the back of the site.

The main part of the Bidston site will remain open for council waste plus operational vehicles to the Waste Transfer Station (WTS) and the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).

These vehicles will continue to enter and exit the site through the middle entrance on Wallasey Bridge Road.

MRWA chairman Cllr Tony Concepcion said: “Bidston receives on average 1,500 tonnes of material a month from local residents.

"Due to this demand on the facility essential maintenance is required to ensure the Recycling Centre remains safe for customers and employees.

"We’re also taking this opportunity to thoroughly check all aspects of the site, undertake any repairs, repaint, review signage and ensure that the site adheres to the high standard required of a public facility.

"We would encourage residents to use an alternative Recycling Centre, or hold on until Bidston re-opens.”

Other centres open during this time are:

  • Clatterbridge Recycling Centre at Mount Road, CH63 4JZ
  • West Kirby Recycling Centre at Greenbank Road, CH48 5HL

During the course of the closure Veolia will staff the access point to the Recycling Centre on Wallasey Bridge Road to direct any visitors to the West Kirby or Clatterbridge Recycling Centres (or other available sites).

Anyone with a Van Permit for Bidston HWRC will be able to visit these two alternative facilities instead – or any of the other 13 Household Waste Recycling Centres across Merseyside.

For more information on the closure visit www.merseysidewda.gov.uk