IT WAS encouraging to read recently about the upcoming OxClean spring clean campaign.

However, there was no mention of any plans to help turn around the awful state of our ring road, with regard to litter, debris and filth.

With responsibility for this part of its upkeep spread over at least four different local authorities, it seems impossible to get a consensus to get anything done. No-one appears to want to make the first move.

It’s truly an appalling and off-putting sight for anyone visiting the area. This is the first impression they encounter when coming to visit the city.

And besides, I live here, among all this.

Despite his previously expressed desire to get something done, has Councillor Tanner stumbled at a first hurdle perhaps?

BOB PROWSE, Littlemore, Oxford