A FED-UP resident is calling on Hull City Council to do more to tackle the problem of travellers pitching up illegally close to homes.
Travellers have moved on to land close to their homes in the Boothferry Estate for the sixth time in the past couple of years.
A group of about six caravans and half a dozen horses have set up on a car park close to Woolwich Drive, with more arriving.
An inquiry was launched by the council's west area committee last summer after the handling of travellers on another site off the Boothferry estate.
Since then, an earth mound has been created to prevent vehicles entering Burnham playing fields but the travellers have moved on to a car park close by.
But Syd Renfree, of Anlaby Park Road South, is demanding the council does more.
He said: "I would like to point out that I personally warned the council this would happen, well before they arrived.
"They only built mounds around Burnham Road playing fields, but not on the area adjacent to Woolwich drive.
"It was a no-brainer that the travellers would simply move to the other side of the road.
"The pitiful response to my warning was that funds had run out and we would have to wait for any further action. "Yet they regularly send refuse collectors to the sites and clear up all their rubbish for nothing.
"We pay council tax for a service that could well change to fortnightly collection. Who is better looked after?"
Mr Renfree is also frustrated at the amount of time it takes to remove travellers from illegal sites.
He said: "Although the council could move more quickly to remove these people, the cabinet had not deemed it urgent enough to meet and vote the legislation through.
"As this problem is a city-wide one, surely they should treat it as a priority.
"In the last couple of days, more travellers and horses have turned up to make the problem even worse."
Peter Corlass, 64, lives close to the car park in Anlaby Road South and previously expressed his frustration.
He said: "We are absolutely fed up with this.
"The council doesn't seem to be doing anything and the police won't go near them."
Last year, about 30 caravans parked on the council-owned playing field near homes for four weeks.
The city council has already applied for an Immediate Possession Order to have them removed.
Laura Carr, City neighbourhood and housing manager, said: "Our unauthorised encampment policy is based on legislation, guidance notes and good practice and is no different from other council's across the country.
"We have to carry out a welfare assessment to assess their needs and identify the approach to take depending on the circumstances, however if the encampment is causing problems then we can use the powers available to us to have them evicted from the site.
"We are seeking possession of the land in Woolwich Drive which will prevent the group of travellers returning for three months.
"The case regarding Woolwich Drive is due to be heard by the court on Thursday."
